5 Cybersecurity Challenges for Enterprises in 2017

Privacy and data security issues continued to be a major focus for companies in 2016. Whether you're a chief legal officer, chief technology officer or anyone who worries about privacy for your organization, this roadmap lays out the issues your company could potentially face in the coming year. 1. Facing Harm-Based Suits After a Data Breach Companies who suffer data breaches continue to be concerned that after providing notice, they will face class action lawsuits. A common defense has been to argue that the plaintiffs have not suffered harm. In the spring of 2016, the Supreme Court ruled in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins that statutory violations alone were not enough to satisfy the injury requirement for standing because such alleged harms were not concrete. The justices, however, added the caveat that a concrete harm need not necessarily be tangible.