When Your Life Sciences Are on the Line: Cybersecurity

MoFo Perspectives Podcast

Morrison Foerster Investigations + White Collar Defense partner Nate Mendell, former Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, hosted the fifth episode of When Your Life Sciences Are on the Line, where leading practitioners and thought leaders share the insights and advice needed to manage business and legal risk in the life sciences sector. In this episode, Nate spoke with Kaylee Cox Bankston, a partner in Morrison Foerster’s Privacy + Data Security Group, about the increased focus on cybersecurity governance from regulators and enforcers, specifically what life sciences companies need to know about the new U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) cybersecurity rules for public companies. Nate and Kaylee summarize the reactive and proactive components of the new SEC rules and how to navigate what to disclose following a cybersecurity incident, even in the uncertain early stages of an investigation. In addition to sharing how to put companies in a better position to react when something goes wrong, Nate and Kaylee addressed the recent regulatory scrutiny trends that life sciences companies can anticipate, specifically express legislation, prescriptive requirements, and personal liability for cybersecurity failures.