Lucy Thomson, Senior Engineer - Attorney, CSC

To address the problem of escalating data breaches, nearly all states have passed data breach laws and HITECH covers health records. Using recent massive breaches as case studies, legal and encryption experts sort out the complexities and ambiguities that result in uncertainties for global business and health providers – focusing on both the legal and technical aspects, including encryption.

Moderator:

Lucy Thomson, Senior Engineer - Attorney, CSC

Panelists:

Eric Hibbard, Chief Technology Officer Security & Privacy, Hitachi Data Systems

Thomas Smedinghoff, Partner, Wildman Harrold

Robert Thibadeau, Chief Scientist & SVP, Wave Systems Corp.

Lucy Thomson, J.D., M.S., CIPP/G, focuses her practice at the intersection of law and technology.  As Chair-Elect of the American Bar Association Section of Science & Technology Law, Thomson leads an organization that is widely recognized as the global authority on science and technology law.  She is a Senior Principal Engineer, Information Security, and Privacy Advocate at CSC, a global technology company.

Appointed Consumer Privacy Ombudsman in 11 of the largest federal bankruptcy cases, she has overseen the disposition of 125 million electronic consumer records. A former federal criminal prosecutor, she is Editor of the ABA’s groundbreaking Data Breach and Encryption Handbook (2011).  She holds an M.S. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a J.D. from Georgetown.

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