A “trust anchor” is an established point of trust in a cryptographic system from which a process of validation can begin. Orrick’s Trust Anchor is your trusted source of information for all matters related to cybersecurity, data privacy, and associated regulatory affairs. Trust Anchor reports on the latest developments in cybersecurity and data privacy in the United States, Europe, and Asia. Inside, our global team – ranked nationally by Chambers for being “excellent in terms of knowledge and practicality, [and] providing practical solutions and advice” – cover recent cases, legislative and regulatory developments, emerging standards for cybersecurity, risk management, insurance coverage, and other important cyber security and data privacy matters.

EXECUTIVE EDITORS:

Heather Egan Sussman Global Co-Chair Cyber, Privacy and Data Innovation Boston	Aravind Swaminathan Global Co-Chair Cyber, Privacy and Data Innovation Seattle
Heather’s practice focuses on privacy, cybersecurity and information management. She guides clients through the existing patchwork of laws impacting privacy and cybersecurity globally while proactively reducing security risk. Heather also helps clients develop and achieve their data innovation strategies, so they can leverage the incredible value of data and digital technologies in ways that not only meet compliance obligations, but also support innovation, deliver value to the business, meet security needs and solidify brand and consumer trust.	As a strategic cybersecurity advisor, Aravind collaborates with his clients to proactively plan for a crisis and develop strategies to protect their business and brand. He guides everyone from large public company financial institutions to start-up technology companies to critical infrastructure providers through incidents, and develops business- and brand-centric tactics to mitigate and manage risk.
Read more about Heather’s background here	Read more about Aravind’s background here
EDITORS
Antony (Tony) P. Kim Partner Washington, D.C.	Emily S. Tabatabai Partner Washington, D.C./Houston
When faced with a cybersecurity crisis, companies call on Tony to help navigate critical legal, risk and reputational landmines. Tony has helped clients respond to hundreds of cyberattacks and data breaches. He has directed forensic investigations, cross-border notifications, and defended enforcement actions and civil litigation, in connection with incidents involving the personal information of employees and customers.	Emily is the U.S. Data Privacy lead advising companies on a wide variety of cutting-edge data practices and pressing consumer protection matters involving data privacy, digital advertising, ecommerce and marketing. She counsels companies and product teams on proactive compliance with state and federal laws, agency rules and guidance, and has extensive experience representing companies in privacy and cybersecurity matters before the Federal Trade Commission and State Attorneys’ General.
Read more about Antony’s background here	Read more about Emily’s background here
Christian Schröder Partner Düsseldorf
Christian serves as head of IP/IT & Data Privacy Practice Group in Germany. Christian’s practice focuses on global data privacy matters. He helps manage global data privacy programs, assist technology companies on all sorts of specific data privacy issues and represents them before supervisory authorities or courts where needed.
Read more about Christian’s background here

CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS:

Keily Blair	Partner	London
Russell P. Cohen	Partner	San Francisco
Jonathan Direnfeld	Partner	Washington, D.C.
Seth Harrington	Partner	Boston
Jacob M. Heath	Partner	Silicon Valley
James Lloyd	Partner	London
Rob McKenna	Partner	Seattle
Doug Meal	Partner	Boston
Mark Mermelstein	Partner	Los Angeles
Darren S. Teshima	Partner	San Francisco
Barrie VanBrackle	Partner	Washington, D.C.
Michelle Visser	Partner	San Francisco, Boston
Shannon Yavorsky	Partner	San Francisco
David Cohen	Of Counsel	New York
Natasha Ahmed	Senior Associate	London
Sulina Gabale	Senior Associate	Washington, D.C.
Rebecca Harlow	Senior Associate	San Francisco
Harry J. Moren	Senior Associate	San Francisco
Melanie Phillips	Cyber Associate	Los Angeles, Seattle
Matthew Coleman	Managing Associate	New York
Kyle Kessler	Managing Associate	Los Angeles
Matthew D. LaBrie	Managing Associate	London
Candice O’Brien	Managing Associate	London
Parag Patel	Managing Associate	Washington, D.C.
Joseph C Santiesteban	Managing Associate	Boston
William Wilson	Managing Associate	Washington, D.C.
Jonelle Afonso	Associate	London
David Curtis	Associate	Seattle, Boston
Tori Downey	Associate	Boston
Nicholas Farnsworth	Associate	Boston
Nicole Gelsomini	Associate	San Francisco
Colleen B. Hespeler	Associate	Boston
Michelle Nance	Associate	Seattle
Yumiko Olsen	Associate	Düsseldorf
Maria Rouvalis	Associate	Boston
Dennis Schmidt	Associate	Düsseldorf
Alex Sobolev	Associate	London
Amelie von Alten	Associate	Düsseldorf
Robert Weinhold	Associate	Düsseldorf
Nicole Tadano	Career Associate	Seattle