Steven Chabinsky

Steven Chabinsky is global chair of the Data, Privacy, and Cyber Security practice at White & Case LLP, an international law firm. He previously served as a member of the President’s Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity, the General Counsel and Chief Risk Officer of CrowdStrike, and Deputy Assistant Director of the FBI Cyber Division. He can be reached at chabinsky@whitecase.com.

The Top 12 Practices of Secure Coding

Steven Chabinsky

January 1, 2018

The list provides a quick summary of the top 12 security practices to mitigate risks from internal and third-party software.

Dear Encryption, We're Worried About Your Future

Steven Chabinsky

December 1, 2017

Encryption, my friend, there’s a lot riding on your shoulders. It’s true you always bounce back, but for how long?

Traveling with Technology Security Magazine November 2017

Traveling with Technology: An Information Security Guide

Steven Chabinsky

November 1, 2017

Traveling abroad with technology brings with it certain risks and may subject you to government surveillance in ways that are different from domestic travel. According to the FBI, you shouldn’t expect privacy in most countries outside the United States. Your data is less secure when you travel.

Understanding the Distinct and Dependent Roles of Data, Privacy and Cybersecurity Professionals

Steven Chabinsky

October 1, 2017

Taking advantage of technology and digitization involves more than business strategy. It requires strong data governance principles which, among other things, must align the functional demands of an organization’s cybersecurity, privacy and information management teams.

How New York is Shaking Up Cybersecurity

Steven Chabinsky

September 1, 2017

Something potentially groundbreaking is happening in New York, and its impact is being felt globally. Still, if you’re not in the financial services industry, and specifically regulated by the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), you may have missed it. What is this change? In short, it’s the first of what may become a wave of stringent state cybersecurity regulations that impose “minimum standards” on industry.

Action! Directing Communications During Cyber Recovery

Steven Chabinsky

August 1, 2017

Successfully resolving a major cyber incident takes more than shutting down the hackers.

3 Questions to Improve Cyber Incident Recovery

Steven Chabinsky

July 1, 2017

The NIST Cybersecurity Frame-work focuses twice on the concept of improvement, doing so within both the Respond and the Recover functions.

The Long and Winding Road to Cyber Recovery

Steven Chabinsky

June 1, 2017

Paul McCartney wrote “The Long and Winding Road” while the Beatles were in the throes of dissent and months away from breaking up. Listening now to the song’s yearning lyrics and plaintive melody, is it possible that Sir Paul actually anticipated the NIST Cybersecurity Framework’s Recover function, and was imagining the category titled Recovery Planning?

Been Hacked? Let That Be a Lesson to You

Steven Chabinsky

May 1, 2017

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” Although catchy, we all know that the real keys to success after failure are reflection and adaptation, not mere persistence.

Cyber Insurance: What Are You Missing?

Steven Chabinsky

April 1, 2017

It’s been nearly two years since we addressed cyber insurance in the Cyber Tactics column, so I decided to get an update from Bob Parisi, Managing Director at Marsh.