Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Committee

• Pages: 5-5
• Date: 01 January 2025
• Author: Melody McAnally

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By Melody McAnally

Data security and privacy is now a top concern of

practically every organization. The Tort Trial and

Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) Cybersecurity and

Data Privacy Committee (Cyber Committee) is on the cut-

ting edge of a wide range of cybersecurity and privacy issues,

including articial intelligence (AI) and cyber insurance. The

Cyber Committee’s goal is to bring awareness to cybersecurity

and privacy issues that our members and our clients may

encounter.

We meet this goal in a number of ways. We regularly

present webinars and online CLE programs, including three

programs last year, as well as Insider TIPS podcasts (https://

www.americanbar.org/groups/tort_trial_insurance_practice/

resources/podcast/). We host a biannual, in-person Cyber-

security and Data Privacy Conference. In 2024, the Cyber

Committee’s conference presented panel discussions on topics

such as emerging cybersecurity trends, the cyber insurance

application process and underwriting, AI security and privacy

concerns, and data tracking technologies. Recently, we have

presented panel discussions on cybersecurity, data privacy, and

AI topics at the ABA TIPS Section Conferences.

The Cyber Committee publishes a quarterly newsletter

and contributes to the annual Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law

Journal survey on updates in cybersecurity and data privacy

(https://www.americanbar.org/groups/tort_trial_insurance_

practice/resources/journal/2024-summer/recent-developments

-cybersecurity-data-privacy). We published ve articles focus-

ing on cybersecurity and AI in the TortSource Spring 2024 issue

(https://www.americanbar.org/groups/tort_trial_insurance_

practice/resources/tortsource/2024-spring/). In 2022, the

committee published a book titled A Practical Guide to Cyber

Insurance for Businesses, which is currently available for purchase

on the ABA website (https://www.americanbar.org/products/

inv/book/421347508/). The Cyber Committee is currently

editing a book on dispute resolution of cybersecurity and

privacy claims, which is planned for publication later this year.

Finally, we have monthly Zoom committee meetings,

with guest speakers discussing a wide variety of cybersecurity

and data privacy hot topics. All TIPS members are invited

to our monthly committee meetings scheduled on the third

Wednesday of each month at 12:00 p.m. (CT). The Cyber

Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Committee

Melody McAnally is a partner with Butler Snow, LLP, where she

is the team leader of its data security and privacy team. She is chair

of the TIPS Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Committee. She may

be reached at melody.mcanally@butlersnow.com.

Committee has eight subcommittees focusing on programs,

membership, diversity, publications, technology, and public

policy.The Cyber Committee also fosters law student mem-

bership through panel discussions with law students and active

engagement of law student members.

The Cyber Committee welcomes all attorneys interested in

cybersecurity and data privacy.You do not need to practice in

these areas to be active in the committee.Z

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