Equifax has turned to DLA Piper for DC work in the wake of its data breach that exposed the personal data of nearly half the US population (145.5M people).
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Ignacio Sanchez, who chair’s DLA Piper’s government affairs practice group, and Steven Phillips, co-chair of its federal law unit, head Equifax’s lobbying team.
The massive breach triggered moves on Capitol Hill to tighten regulatory screws of the $9.4B credit bureau business, which is controlled by the Big Three firms of Equifax, TransUnion and Experion.
Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, for instance, has pushed a propose to force customers a free and easy way to freeze their credit.
Other measures call for software upgrades and creation of a national technology standard for the credit bureau business.
Equifax turned to Edelman following the breach for crisis duty.
FTI Consulting has hired Brian Boetig, a 24-year veteran of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, as senior managing director in its cybersecurity unit.
Many PR agencies have shifted to remote work, and implemented Bring Your Own Device, hybrid cloud and on-premises infrastructure approach. This shift has left them open to cybercriminals.
Jamie Singer, who once headed Edelman’s US data security and privacy group, has joined FTI Consulting as managing director of the cybersecurity unit in its strategic communications segment.
Brian Hale, who worked in the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s public affairs unit, has joined FTI Consulting in its cybersecurity practice.
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