Data Decoded: Insights for navigating our data-driven world delivers practical, in-depth analysis of the developments in the rapidly evolving data, cybersecurity, privacy, AI and digital governance legal landscape. As organizations face increasingly complex business strategy and compliance challenges, we offer clear and actionable insights to help organizations navigate risk and strengthen their compliance.<h2>About Morrison Foerster</h2>Morrison Foerster is a leading global law firm that transforms complexity into advantage for its clients. Our clients include some of the largest financial institutions, banks, consulting and accounting firms, and Fortune 100, technology, and life sciences companies. Highlighting the firm’s commitment to client service, leadership in market-changing deals and impact litigation, and values-based culture, Morrison Foerster has been repeatedly recognized as one of the top 10 firms on The American Lawyer’s A-List. Year after year, the firm receives significant recognition from Chambers and The Legal 500 across their various guides, including Global, USA, Asia‑Pacific, Europe, UK, Latin America, and FinTech Legal. Our lawyers passionately care about delivering legal excellence while living our values. Morrison Foerster has a long-standing commitment to creating a culture that respects and celebrates differences, while providing an inclusive environment. The firm also has a long history of commitment to the community and society through providing pro bono legal services, including litigating for civil rights and civil liberties, improving public education and fostering the wellbeing of children, advocating for veterans, promoting international human rights, enforcing the right to asylum, and safeguarding the environment.

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Linda Clark is a partner in Morrison Foerster’s Data, Cyber + Privacy Group. Prior to joining MoFo, Linda served as the Chief Data Security Counsel for RELX, where she led the data security legal compliance efforts for RELX in over 40 countries. Before that, Linda was a litigator at a large New York law firm. She has over 20 years’ experience advising clients on data security best practices and obligations, designing and implementing frameworks for compliance across large multinational organizations, and responding to complex cybersecurity breaches.A skilled data, cyber, and privacy lawyer, Linda’s practice centers on providing business-focused and practical advice to clients. She leverages her knowledge and deep experience to help organizations and their stakeholders craft strategic and comprehensive data security risk management programs and prepare for and respond to global cyber incidents. She frequently works with clients to proactively prepare them for cyber incidents, including developing incident response programs and risk assessment methodologies and conducting tabletop exercises for global audiences. Her comprehensive approach helps organizations support critical decision-making in high-stakes situations, enabling her clients to implement and leverage incident response frameworks that support legal compliance and ethical decision-making.A defining aspect of Linda’s counsel is her ability to translate complex legal and business issues into actionable strategies while accounting for myriad and diverse stakeholder concerns at all levels. She combines an in-depth understanding of technology and cybersecurity with knowledge of the challenges and opportunities clients face when addressing real-world issues. She has a broad command of global privacy and data security laws, having worked on matters in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, France, Japan, Thailand, the Netherlands, South Africa, Australia, China, Austria, Brazil, the Philippines, and Germany. She frequently engages with regulators and law enforcement, and this has enabled her to understand and navigate regulatory inquiries, third-party audits, and investigations on behalf of her global clients.Linda frequently speaks at conferences and is sought out by leading publications for her analysis on cutting-edge data security and privacy issues including the impact of AI on cybersecurity. She also provides presentations at schools and universities to educate younger generations about safeguarding their digital identities. Additionally, Linda works with leading U.S. nonpartisan, nonprofit law and policy think tank, the Sedona Conference, where she has served on the Data Security and Privacy Liability Leadership Council since 2017.Linda graduated cum laude from Barnard College, Columbia University, and is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School. While at Barnard, she was a research assistant in the human learning and memory lab and focused her studies on human and primate cognition. She is also a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) and a Steering Committee member of the New York City Bar’s Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice, Miami chapter of Women in the Profession. In 2025, Linda was elected to Law360’s Cybersecurity & Privacy Editorial Board. In 2026, Linda was named as one of Cybersecurity Docket’s Incident Response Elite. She previously served on the Steering Committee for the Cybersecurity Leaders’ Roundtable as well as on the Executive Committee of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

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Linda Clark is a partner in Morrison Foerster’s Data, Cyber + Privacy Group. Prior to joining the firm, Linda served as the Chief Data Security Counsel for RELX, where she led the data security legal compliance efforts for RELX in over 40 countries and across their operations in four different market segments worldwide. She has over 20 years’ experience advising clients, including on data security best practices and obligations, designing and implementing frameworks for compliance across large multinational organizations, and in complex litigation and regulatory matters.

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Boris Segalis is a partner in Morrison Foerster’s Cyber, Data + Privacy Group. He advises companies at the intersection of data, technology, and regulation, helping them navigate complex legal frameworks while building and scaling data-driven products and services.As a leading privacy and cybersecurity lawyer, Boris’s practice is focused on issues where the law is evolving and the answers are not always clear. He works with clients to apply existing regulatory regimes to new technologies and business models, particularly in areas such as AI, data monetization, digital platforms, and emerging financial technologies. His work spans strategic product counseling, corporate transactions, and high-stakes regulatory matters, including representing companies in investigations by the Federal Trade Commission, state attorneys general, and global regulators.Clients rely on Boris for compliance advice and for practical guidance on how to operate in uncertain environments, whether designing new products, assessing regulatory risk, or responding to government scrutiny. He regularly advises on U.S. and global privacy and cybersecurity laws, including U.S. federal financial privacy laws, state privacy regimes, emerging AI requirements, and foreign privacy and cybersecurity frameworks.He represents a broad range of companies, from high-growth startups to global public companies, across industries including technology, AI, financial services and Fintech, crypto, life sciences, consumer platforms, AdTech, and media.Boris has been recognized for seven consecutive years by Chambers USA in Privacy & Data Security and is also ranked by Chambers Global in Privacy & Data Security – USA. He is recognized by The Legal 500 as a leading lawyer in cyber law (including data privacy and data protection) and was previously named to Crain’s New York Business’s 40 Under 40.Boris holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Georgia Tech and a J.D. from New York University School of Law. He is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) and has served as co-chair of the New York City KnowledgeNet chapter of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), as well as on the IAPP Research Board. He graduated from Riga Simon Dubnow Jewish Secondary School in Riga, Latvia, in 1991.

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I love working with early-stage companies across industries and the world to help them develop and strengthen their business models’ use of personal information. This plays a critical role in everything, from fintech to technology, from AI to life sciences, from media to advertising, from digital health to deep tech.How I help: I help clients look around the corner on how their business might leverage data over time, how to use data innovatively in ways that assure investors and don’t trigger regulators. I am also there when regulators come knocking, having defended start-ups in federal and state privacy-related investigations. Favorite app or tech product: My iPhone for managing my life. Fidelity for investments. Tesla with its full self-driving. FlightTracker for knowing where I am. Alexa for not burning pizzas and knowing my weather. News apps for knowing what’s happening in the world. Favorite place for client meetings: Clients’ offices. I love seeing clients in their natural environment, and I always feel grateful for being there. Also anywhere in Southern California.Life beyond the law: Family – two little kids, one of whom is a goalie on a travel hockey team. Spending time with friends – priceless. I am also a news junkie and love vintage cars.

Boris Segalis is a partner in Morrison Foerster’s Cyber, Data + Privacy Group. He advises companies at the intersection of data, technology, and regulation, helping them navigate complex legal frameworks while building and scaling data-driven products and services. As a leading privacy and cybersecurity lawyer, Boris’s practice is focused on issues where the law is evolving and the answers are not always clear. He works with clients to apply existing regulatory regimes to new technologies and business models, particularly in areas such as AI, data monetization, digital platforms, and emerging financial technologies. His work spans strategic product counseling, corporate transactions, and high-stakes regulatory matters.

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Alex van der Wolk is the managing partner of Morrison Foerster’s Amsterdam office and chair of the firm’s European Data, Cyber + Privacy practice. Drawing on 20 years of experience, he advises global companies on their most complex data strategies and compliance programs, governing all aspects of information management.Clients value Alex’s practical approach, commercial understanding, and global perspective. Chambers EU notes that he “quickly gets to the heart of the issue and provides solid, pragmatic advice,” offers “great insight in global matters,” and delivers “practical guidance on complex problems.”Alex helps clients develop data and privacy strategies at the forefront of their digital and data-driven endeavors, especially those involving new technologies. He has significant experience assisting clients with structuring their approach to data in specialized areas, such as health-tech, AgTech, and AdTech.He regularly leads crisis management teams for clients facing investigations by data protection authorities or responding to cybersecurity incidents. He also advises on cyber preparedness and EU regulatory frameworks, including NIS2, DORA, the Cyber Resilience Act, and the EU Data Act.Alex is an experienced litigator, representing clients in privacy litigation across Europe. His work includes successfully representing clients in the first privacy class action cases in the Netherlands and the UK.Notably, Alex was one of the first practitioners in Europe to help companies establish Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs). Since then, he has developed a longstanding and unparalleled track record obtaining regulatory approval for BCRs, both in the EU and in the UK.Alex frequently speaks at high-profile international conferences, including IAPP and South by Southwest (SXSW). He is also a guest lecturer at the TIAS Business School of Tilburg University.Alex is a Dutch-qualified lawyer and a member of the Amsterdam and Brussels Bars. He speaks English and Dutch fluently.

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Managing Partner, Amsterdam

Alex van der Wolk, co-chair of Morrison Foerster’s preeminent Global Data, Cyber + Privacy practice and managing partner of the firm’s Brussels office, employs his nearly 20 years of experience to advise global companies on their most complex data strategies and compliance programs governing all aspects of information management.

Alex van der Wolk, chair of Morrison Foerster’s European Data, Cyber + Privacy practice and managing partner of the firm’s Amsterdam and Brussels offices, employs his nearly 20 years of experience to advise global companies on their most complex data strategies and compliance programs governing all aspects of information management. Alex helps clients develop privacy and data strategies at the forefront of their digital and data-driven endeavors, especially those involving new technologies, such as artificial intelligence and the metaverse. He has particular experience assisting clients with structuring their approach to data in specialized areas, such as health-tech, Agtech, and Adtech.

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Few lawyers in the world have Miriam’s breadth and understanding of privacy and data security laws, obligations, and practices. As chair of Morrison Foerster’s preeminent global Data, Cyber + Privacy Group, leading 60+ lawyers, Miriam is regularly called upon by some of the world’s largest and most complex multinational organizations to confront their most difficult U.S. and international privacy and cybersecurity challenges. Miriam is a trusted advisor who provides legal and strategic advice on all areas of international privacy and data protection issues. She works with global companies on the planning and execution of complex global compliance efforts and helps them find practical solutions to use and manage personal information in every country in the world. She also defends regulatory matters relating to privacy and cybersecurity in the United States and internationally and advises on the Department of Justice Bulk Data Rules. Her counsel is particularly prized for cybersecurity preparedness and breach response. Miriam and her team have navigated some of the largest and most consequential cybersecurity incidents in history, including assisting Mandiant when it discovered and warned the world about the SolarWinds compromise. Having helped hundreds of clients respond to breaches, Miriam is frequently called upon to advise and educate boards of directors regarding cybersecurity and the key role that boards play in understanding and overseeing the potential risks. Miriam works with companies to develop comprehensive customized incident response plans, train staff, conduct extensive tabletop exercises, and address key issues with executive management. While she regularly advises clients on responses to ransomware attacks and other cyber extortion incidents, she works on all aspects that arise in the context of large security incidents, including communication strategies, notifications to customers, consumers, and regulators; public disclosures; interactions with law enforcement globally; litigation; and investigations by regulators around the world.Miriam serves as a board member of the ADP AI & Data Ethics Committee and is a leader in MoFo’s AI Group, a cross-practice team that provides sophisticated, full-service representation to a wide range of clients with companies that both develop and use cutting-edge, rapidly changing technology in the AI space. Miriam uses her extensive industry experience and collaborative global approach to help her clients integrate the newest trends and developments in AI with their business needs.Recognized as a market leader by all major directories, Miriam has been ranked in the top tier of privacy and data security lawyers worldwide by Chambers USA and Chambers Global for well over a decade. She was an inaugural inductee into The Legal 500 Hall of Fame, which is comprised of outstanding U.S. lawyers who have been recommended as The Legal 500’s Leading Lawyers for the last six consecutive years. The Cybersecurity Docket has recognized Miriam as one of its Incident Response 50, a list of the top data breach response lawyers globally. She has been named one of Financial Times’ Top 10 Innovative Lawyers in North America and a National Law Journal Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Trailblazer for her breakthrough work in this space. Miriam was also previously designated as an Ethisphere Attorney Who Matters and a BTI Client Service All-Star. A frequent commentator on cybersecurity, she has been interviewed by media outlets including CNBC, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal, among many others.

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Global Chair of Data, Cyber + Privacy

Few lawyers in the world have Miriam Wugmeister's breadth and understanding of privacy and data security laws, obligations, and practices. In the words of her clients, she is “extremely practical and phenomenally smart. Just about one of the best privacy advisers there is” (Chambers USA). Co-chair of Morrison & Foerster’s market-leading Global Privacy and Data Security Group and ranked among the top in the profession by all major directories, Ms. Wugmeister is regularly called upon by some of the world’s largest and most complex multinational organizations to confront their most difficult U.S. and international privacy challenges. “Tremendous at helping you come up with practical solutions to real problems” (Chambers USA), she develops cutting-edge solutions for clients that marry legal compliance with business realities.

Few lawyers in the world have Miriam’s breadth and understanding of privacy and data security laws, obligations, and practices. As chair of Morrison Foerster’s preeminent global Data, Cyber + Privacy Group, leading 60+ lawyers, Miriam is regularly called upon by some of the world’s largest and most complex multinational organizations to confront their most difficult U.S. and international privacy and cybersecurity challenges. Miriam is a trusted advisor who provides legal and strategic advice on all areas of international privacy and data protection issues.

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AI has made cyber attacks cheaper, faster, and harder to spot, with deepfake audio and video, hyper-personalized phishing, and automated vulnerability scanning able to fool even careful professionals. Lawyers face overlapping statutory and regulatory frameworks: state breach notification laws and data security statutes such as New York’s SHIELD Act, HIPAA, and the GDPR as well as contractual and ethical security obligations passed down by third-party service providers. That combination of heightened risk and compliance exposure is why the topic was the focus of a recent CLE, which aimed to help attorneys recognize emerging threats, understand which obligations apply to their practice, and put practical safeguards in place before an incident occurs.<a href="https://mofo-10272026.open-exchange.net/webcast-no-credit" target="_blank">Watch the replay</a>.

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Kaylee Cox Bankston is a partner in Morrison Foerster’s Data, Cyber + Privacy Group. She advises clients across all industries on complex cybersecurity, privacy, and data matters.

Kaylee Cox Bankston is a partner in Morrison Foerster’s Privacy + Data Security Group. She advises clieKaylee Cox Bankston is a partner in Morrison Foerster’s Data, Cyber + Privacy Group. She advises clients across all industries on complex cybersecurity, privacy, and data matters.

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Linda Clark is a partner in Morrison Foerster’s Privacy + Data Security Group.

Alex van der Wolk, co-chair of Morrison Foerster’s preeminent Global Privacy & Data Security practice and managing partner of the firm’s Amsterdam and Brussels offices, employs his nearly 20 years of experience to advise global companies on their most complex data strategies and compliance programs governing all aspects of information management. 

With more than a decade of experience, Mr. van der Wolk helps clients develop privacy strategies for digital transformations, industrial IoT, telematics, Big Data, commercial and marketing programs, a

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AI Didn’t Just Change Your Business. It Changed Your Attacker’s, Too.

In this episode of our Data, Cyber + Privacy PLUS podcast, hosts Kaylee Cox Bankston and Boris Segalis continue their conversation with Georgina Merhom, data scientist and founder of SOLO. They explore the structural gaps in today’s financial data ecosystem, the importance of data traceability, and how evolving ownership models are reshaping the economics of data.<a href="https://www.mofo.com/resources/podcasts/260320-dcp-podcast-episode-5-georgina-merhom?utm_source=publication&utm_medium=email">Listen to the full episode</a> for the complete discussion.

Boris Segalis is a partner in Morrison Foerster’s Cyber, Data + Privacy Group. He advises companies at the intersection of data, technology, and regulation, helping them navigate complex legal frameworks while building and scaling data-driven products and services.

DCP Podcast Episode 5: Georgina Merhom

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DCP Podcast Episode 5: Georgina Merhom

In this episode, hosts Kaylee Cox Bankston and Boris Segalis discuss their latest favorite uses of AI and the new CCPA developments before sitting down with Georgina Merhom, data scientist and founder of Solo, for the first installment of a two-part conversation exploring the foundations of trustworthy data and AI in financial services.<a href="https://www.mofo.com/resources/podcasts/251215-dcp-podcast-episode-4-georgina-merhom" target="_self">Listen</a> to Episode 4 now.

DCP + Podcast Episode 4: Georgina Merhom on How Quality Data Can Transform Financial Services, Part 1

In this episode of our Data, Cyber + Privacy PLUS podcast, hosts Kaylee Cox Bankston and Boris Segalis sit down with Carrie Cordero, General Counsel and Robert M. Gates Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security, for a thought-provoking conversation about the emerging AI regulatory landscape, the bipartisan push to strengthen cybersecurity, and the growing influence of private-sector innovators in shaping national security policy. Carrie also reflects on what past privacy and surveillance debates can teach us today and how responsible AI governance can balance innovation with protection in an era of rapid technological change.<a href="https://www.mofo.com/resources/podcasts/251124-dcp-episode-3-ai-evolution-national-security-policy" target="_self">Listen</a> to Episode 3 now.

DCP + Podcast Episode 3: AI and the Evolution of National Security Policy

MoFo’s Privacy + Data Security Practice Group introduces PDS+, a new podcast series dedicated to exploring the intersection of privacy, cybersecurity, and emerging technology through the lens of startups and venture capital, hosted by MoFo partners Kaylee Cox Bankston and Boris Segalis.In the second installment of this two-part episode, hosts Boris and Kaylee continue their conversation with Axios Publisher Nick Johnston on the impact of artificial intelligence, the regulatory environment, and the strategies that companies are using to stay ahead in a competitive and complex marketplace.<a href="https://www.mofo.com/resources/podcasts/250915-policy-to-practice-podcast-serie" target="_self">Listen</a> to Episode 1, Part 2 now.

Policy to Practice Podcast Series: Nick Johnston on Navigating AI, Privacy, and Risk AI Wins, AI Fails, Episode 1, Part 2

Introducing PDS+, a new podcast series, dedicated to exploring the intersection of privacy, cybersecurity, and emerging technology through the lens of startups and venture capital, hosted by Morrison Foerster partners Kaylee Cox Bankston and Boris Segalis.In this two-part opener, Boris and Kaylee talk with Nick Johnston, founder of Axios, and Morrison Foerster partners Tiffany Cheung and Marijn Storm. Join us as we kick off the series with a timely discussion on the impact of artificial intelligence, the regulatory environment, and the strategies that companies are using to stay ahead in a competitive and complex marketplace.<a href="https://www.mofo.com/resources/podcasts/250818-from-policy-to-practice-nick-johnston" target="_self">Listen</a> to part 1 now.

From Policy to Practice: Nick Johnston on Navigating AI, Privacy, and Risk AI Wins, AI Fails

Matthijs van Amelsfort, director of the Dutch National Cyber Security Center and former head of the Dutch High-Tech Crime Unit, joins this episode, hosted by Lokke Moerel and Miriam Wugmeister, to discuss:<ul><li>How his office is preparing for the upcoming NATO summit.</li><li>How countries’ cyber intelligence teams work together to fight cybercrime.</li><li>The impact he sees on intelligence-sharing due to severe budget cuts and leadership changes at the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).</li><li>Success factors of public-private partnerships for cooperation in stopping cyberattacks.</li><li>How to successfully recruit young people, including those with autism, to the fight against cybercrime.</li></ul><a href="https://www.mofo.com/resources/podcasts/250605-cyber-defense-dialogues-mofo-s-new-podcast-series-episode-3" target="_self">Listen to Episode 3 now</a>.If you missed the first two episodes in our special NATO Summit Series on Cyber, Law, and Global Policy, listen to <a href="https://www.mofo.com/resources/podcasts/250506-cyber-defense-dialogues-2025-nato-summit?utm_source=publication&utm_medium=email">Episode 1</a> and <a href="https://www.mofo.com/resources/podcasts/250521-cyber-defense-dialogues-2025-nato-summit-episode-2">Episode 2</a> now.

Few lawyers in the world have Miriam’s breadth and understanding of privacy and data security laws, obligations, and practices.

Few lawyers in the world have Miriam Wugmeister’s breadth and understanding of privacy and data security laws, obligations, and practices. 

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Among the world’s best-known privacy and cybersecurity advisers, Lokke Moerel is regularly called upon by some of the most sophisticated multinational organizations to confront their global privacy and ethical challenges. Lokke routinely offers guidance to clients when implementing new technologies and digital business models and assists them with their global cybersecurity incident response and regulatory investigations.

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Lokke Moerel is among the world’s best-known privacy lawyers. She advises companies on their global information handling governance, strategy, and compliance. “An authority on data protection matters” (Chambers 2014), Lokke is consistently ranked as a leader in data protection law in Chambers Global and Legal 500. She is also professor of global ICT law at Tilburg University, member of the Cyber Security Council of the Netherlands, the advisory body of the Dutch cabinet, and member of the Board of Trustees of WWF International.What do you like best about your work? I enjoy thinking about the data privacy issues and ethical dilemma’s presented by the new technologies, and helping companies decide on how to tune them and implement on a global basis, in an emerging regulatory environment.What do you enjoy doing in your free time? Travel with my husband and three children, the modern arts, but most of all, a good book!What individual most inspired you, and why? In my former EU-based firm, there were no female role- models (I was the first female partner with children) and partners step out at age 55. After moving to MoFo, I met women years older than me and fully at the forefront of their field. What an inspiration! I still have a whole career in front of me.

Cyber Defense Dialogues: MoFo’s New Podcast Series – Episode 3

Pieter-Jaap Aalbersberg, Dutch National Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Security, joins this episode to discuss the unprecedented security measures that his office is coordinating in the run-up to the NATO Summit in the Netherlands. Aalbersberg and hosts discuss probing questions, including the following:<ul><li>What types of cyber and hybrid attacks are they expecting?</li><li>Why is the Netherlands a prime target of state(-sponsored) actors? And what is their modus operandi?</li><li>How do geopolitical tensions impact cyber and hybrid threats and international intelligence sharing?</li><li>What does it mean that we are in the gray zone between peace and war?</li></ul>Stay tuned for the third and final episode in our special NATO Summit series on cyber, law, and global policy.Episode 3: Cyber Frontlines: Combating CybercrimeEpisode 1: Cyber Frontlines: Power, Policy, and Shifting Alliances. <a href="https://www.mofo.com/resources/podcasts/250506-cyber-defense-dialogues-2025-nato-summit?utm_source=publication&utm_medium=email">Listen now</a>.<a href="https://www.mofo.com/resources/podcasts/250521-cyber-defense-dialogues-2025-nato-summit-episode-2" target="_self">Listen</a> to episode 2 now.

Cyber Defense Dialogues – 2025 NATO Summit Episode 2

Brandon Van Grack, former senior official at the U.S. Department of Justice and chair of MoFo’s Global National Security practice, joins our hosts to explore the seismic impact of the Trump administration on U.S. foreign policy and security. Bringing over a decade of experience monitoring national security threats in China and Russia, Brandon takes us through top-of-mind issues: from cyber offensive actions and NATO military command to tariffs, export controls, and sanctions. How aligned are U.S. and EU interests today? How should international businesses navigate?Stay tuned the next two episodes in our special NATO Summit series on cyber, law, and global policy:Episode 2: Cyber Frontlines: Preparing for the NATO Summit + CyberwarfareEpisode 3: Cyber Frontlines: Combating Cybercrime<a href="https://www.mofo.com/resources/podcasts/250506-cyber-defense-dialogues-2025-nato-summit" target="_self">Listen</a> to episode one now.

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Brandon L. Van Grack helps lead Morrison Foerster’s National Security group and the Crisis Management group.