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DAC Beachcroft Launches Data Breach Virtual Crisis Room

June 18, 2019

On June 10th, Reinsurance News reported that international law firm DAC Breachcroft had launched a secure, virtual crisis room that enables businesses to communicate and share information confidentially in the aftermath of a cyber attack or data breach. Developed in partnership with British technology firm Pushfor, the DACB Situation Room combines secure instant messaging and document sharing within a confidential environment.

“Following a cyber incident, businesses often face the challenge of relying on the very systems that have been compromised or disrupted to co-ordinate and communicate their response,” said Hans Allnutt, partner and head of Cyber & Data Risk at DAC Beachcroft.

“Using this innovative content-sharing platform, we can overcome this challenge by creating a highly secure, virtual crisis room for a client’s incident team that sits outside its compromised infrastructure.” No information is actually sent as part of the new service, which instead projects onto a recipient’s device, removing the risk of further data leakage, and protecting against screenshots and downloads.

“We know that a successful response hinges on effective internal communications and information sharing,” Allnutt said. “The DACB Situation Room provides us with a state-of-the-art capability to protect our clients against further risk and reputational damage.”

We are seeing more and more law firms beginning to develop cyber incident hot lines – and this, of course, takes it to the next level. Betting that it carries a hefty price tag that some clients will willingly pay.

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