Episode 116 A Deep Dive into Databreach Class Actions

Data breach class action litigation is one of the primary areas
that keeps businesses up at night. Factors such as the emergence
of cloud-based storage, the shift to remote work, and the
escalation of sophisticated cybercriminal activity have
threatened data security. As a result, the number of data breach
class action lawsuit filings in the United States doubled last
year, going from 604 in 2022 to a whopping 1,320 in 2023. The
financial impact is equally daunting, as the top 10 data breach
settlements totalled $515.75 million. 


Our Guest today is Alex Karasik. Alex is one of the leading
privacy and data breach class action defence attorneys in the
United States. He represents clients in a broad range of
industries, including restaurants, hotels, sporting venues,
retailers, automotive manufacturers, logistics companies and
staffing entities. Mr. Karasik's experience defending
multi-national companies in these "bet-the-company" class actions
allows him to provide insight to security professionals at
organisations regarding strategies to prevent privacy and data
breach class action litigation. 


In this episode of the Security Insider podcast, Alex is going to
help us understand how security professionals can better
safeguard their organizations from class-action lawsuits.