Cyber Security and Vulnerability Assessments: Evolving Law on Hacking and Extortion in the Age of Bug Bounties

Please join us for a discussion on cyber vulnerability assessments and the evolving law on hacking and/or extortion, including:

• Why companies are turning to pools of hackers to test their cyber defenses.
• The line between lawful and unlawful conduct for white hat hackers trying to uncover a company’s cyber vulnerabilities.
• The new DOJ guidelines on these kinds of vulnerability assessments.
• How to compensate white hat hackers who have found vulnerabilities in your company’s cyber defenses, and when do their demands and negotiation tactics cross the line into extortion.
• Legal options for responding to an extortion demand from a hacker.