Privacy and cybersecurity are inseparable in practice, but too often addressed by separate teams with separate vocabularies. This practice bridges that gap — providing clients with legal, operational, and technical expertise across the full spectrum of data protection obligations and security risk.
Services range from strategic assessment and compliance roadmaps to the operational execution of those plans, including the technical implementation of solutions that support automation, transparency, and defensibility in your data protection program. Clients include health care organizations, life science companies, technology firms, insurers, and professional associations navigating complex and evolving regulatory environments.
Evaluate and develop strategy for compliance with applicable laws — including GDPR, HIPAA, CCPA/CPRA, and state consumer privacy statutes — or achieve certifications such as SOC-2, ISO 27001, FedRAMP, and HITECH. Deliverables include gap analyses, risk registers, and prioritized remediation plans.
Conduct PIAs, DPIAs, and Transfer Impact Assessments (TIAs) for high-risk data processing activities or cross-border transfers of personal information, in accordance with GDPR Article 35 and analogous domestic requirements.
Identify, inventory, assess, and map the systems, processes, and third parties that handle personal or otherwise sensitive information. Results support compliance programs, litigation holds, breach response, and regulatory disclosures.
Forensic scanning and analysis of websites and mobile applications for first- and third-party tracking technologies that may create privacy compliance or litigation risk. Includes pixel forensics, cookie audits, and implementation of consent management platforms.
Expert-level strategy, statistical evaluation, and opinion work for organizations seeking to balance business utility with privacy in their use of health and other sensitive data. Engagements cover HIPAA’s Expert and Safe Harbor de-identification standards and advanced anonymization techniques.
Evaluate current processes for identifying, onboarding, and managing third-party vendors that process personal information. Includes vendor contract review, risk tiering, questionnaire design, and implementation of third-party risk management platforms.
Advisory and project management support for deployment of governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) tools, including data mapping, consent management, individual rights automation, ethics hotlines, and incident response platforms.
Simulation of security incidents and breach scenarios to evaluate response preparedness, expose gaps in procedure, and satisfy regulatory exercise requirements. Coordination of technical penetration testing and physical security assessments.
Rapid-response resources for compliance implementations during regulatory investigations, cure periods, or litigation. Service as independent monitor for settlement or consent decree obligations.
Interim and fractional support as Data Protection Officer, Privacy Officer, or Security Officer for organizations that need experienced executive-level leadership without a full-time hire.