Senior Counsel, Cybersecurity and Incident Response (Remote)
About The Position
At Allstate, great things happen when our people work together to protect families and their belongings from life’s uncertainties. And for more than 90 years our innovative drive has kept us a step ahead of our customers’ evolving needs. From advocating for seat belts, air bags and graduated driving laws, to being an industry leader in pricing sophistication, telematics, and, more recently, device and identity protection. Job Description The Senior Counsel, Cybersecurity and Incident Response will provide real-time and critical business-focused legal advice primarily relating to cybersecurity, incident response, and related investigations. The employee in this position is recognized internally as a subject matter expert, has advanced business acumen, and supports matters across the enterprise relating to privacy incidents, cybersecurity incidents, cybersecurity, and privacy compliance. This pivotal role not only safeguards the organization’s digital integrity but also empowers its resilience in an ever-evolving cyber landscape.
Requirements
- Juris Doctorate and active bar membership in good standing in state of practice
- A minimum of 7 years of legal experience
Responsibilities
- Lead investigations and effectively collaborate with stakeholders in Law & Regulation, risk, security, technology, and more, ensuring an effective incident response across jurisdictions in compliance with applicable privacy, information security and cybersecurity laws and regulations
- Maintain knowledge of US (state and federal) privacy, information security and cybersecurity laws and regulations, especially those applicable to insurance companies
- Support cybersecurity, resiliency, and fraud legal counseling for the enterprise as needed
- Proactively monitor and assess applicability of privacy, information security and cybersecurity laws and regulations, and other legal authority
- Conduct risk analyses on key issues, from a holistic perspective, recognizing overall impact to the enterprise; make strategic recommendations based on legal requirements and risk analyses
- Advise business partners on legal subjects (including cybersecurity, incident response, fraud and resiliency) and risk management
- Leverages subject matter expertise to provide guidance and advice to team members based on scope of work.
- Drive strategy determination, action planning, and communication with business partners, business units, and other areas of Law & Regulation
- Anticipate legal concerns and provide creative problem solving in a dynamic business environment
- Escalate matters, as appropriate, to support legal and compliance risk identification and mitigation and company requirements
- Exceptional ability to communicate verbally and in writing with a variety of audiences about complex technologies and legal requirements
- Ability to work in a remote work office environment; with minimal travel requirements, based on business needs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
