Cynthia J. Larose, Chair of the Privacy & Security Practice of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. and Jonathan T. Cain, also a member of the firm’s Privacy & Security Practice, will participate in a panel discussion on data breach prevention and response entitled, “Anticipating the Inevitable.” Mintz Levin is a sponsor of the event which will take place on Tuesday, September 30 at the Omni Hotel in San Francisco, CA.

Panelists will share best practices for assessing, preparing for, and responding to data breach incidents. Ms. Larose and Mr. Cain will be joined by Paul G. Nikhinson, Esq., CIPP/US, CIPP/E, Privacy Breach Response Services Manager at Beazley, Art Ehuan, Managing Director, Global Forensic and Dispute Services at Alvarez & Marsal and Patrick Heim, Senior Vice President, Chief Trust Officer at salesforce.com during this interactive roundtable discussion.

Ms. Larose, a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP), has extensive experience in privacy, data security, and information management matters, including state, federal, and international laws and regulations on the use and transfer of information, behavioral advertising, data security breach compliance and incident response, data breach incident response planning, as well as data transfers in the context of mergers and acquisitions and technology transactions. She conducts privacy audits and risk assessments to determine data and transaction flow and to assess privacy practices, and assists with drafting and implementation of privacy policies and information security policies and procedures and monitoring of privacy “best practices” across all levels of the enterprise.

Mr. Cain, a Certified Information Privacy Professional/U.S. Government (CIPP/G), has extensive experience in privacy and data security, with a focus on data privacy and security law and regulation governing federal agencies and federal contractors. He conducts risk assessments to determine data privacy risks to assess privacy practices, and assists with drafting and implementation of privacy policies, information security policies, and data security breach response and remediation.