Lynette is a practical problem solver with a steel reserve in moments of crisis. She has vast experience advising multinational, highly regulated clients in responding to information security incidents. She manages all aspects of a data breach response and investigation, including directing privileged forensic investigation, managing vendor relationships, developing response strategies, assessing risks and impact stemming from the incident and advising clients on legal obligations and remediation plan.

In addition, Lynette advises clients with their cybersecurity preparedness. She crafts cybersecurity regulatory compliance documentation, such as incident response plans and written information security program policies, and advises on cybersecurity governance. She also assists clients with comprehensive privacy and cybersecurity gap and risk assessments.

Lynette regularly counsels clients on compliance with privacy and cybersecurity laws and standards, including advising clients on compliance with HIPAA, DFARS, GLBA, CCPA, NYDFS, PCI DSS and multiple state privacy and cybersecurity laws, as well as international laws including the EU’s GDPR, Canada’s PIPEDA and many international breach notification requirements. She also identifies and advises on privacy and cybersecurity risk in corporate M&A transactions, including post-closing risk mitigation and controls implementation.

Lynette is a Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States (CIPP/US) by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP).

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• Provided pro bono incident response preparedness services and resources to a nonpartisan nonprofit aimed at providing secure elections in the run-up to the 2020 national election
• Responded to largest higher education security incident, which resulted in the notification of over 2.8 million individuals residing in over 200 jurisdictions as well as regulators and consumer reporting agencies*

* Matter handled prior to joining McDermott

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