Eric helps clients triage and overcome cybersecurity incidents, including ransomware, data theft, business email compromise, funds diversion and other privacy breaches.
He brings a results-driven, big-picture perspective to incident response, ensuring that no time is wasted, tasks are appropriately prioritized, legal privilege is preserved, and the client’s core constituencies are protected.
Eric routinely advises clients on complex cross-border incidents and liaises with federal, provincial and sectoral regulators in Canada and abroad. He has overseen national and international breach notification campaigns, all while minimizing brand impact whenever possible.
He is a certified information privacy professional (CIPP/C), with extensive knowledge of Canada’s evolving privacy law landscape.
Eric also prepares clients, pre-breach, for cybersecurity incidents. He advises clients on their data practices, including collection, retention, destruction and mapping. He prepares client-specific incident response plans, evaluates cyber hygiene and conducts preparedness exercises, including attack simulation.
Eric is also a cyber insurance expert, and has represented insurers on some of Canada’s largest cyber claims.