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Provided by David Simon

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David Simon is co-head of Skadden’s global Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Practice and a member of the firm’s National Security Group. He has deep experience helping boards and executive teams navigate rapidly evolving legal compliance issues involving cybersecurity, AI and privacy. Formerly a Pentagon special counsel and chief cyber counsel to the U.S. Cyberspace Solarium Commission, Mr. Simon regularly assists clients as the lead investigator and crisis manager for high-stakes, cross-border incidents involving cyberattacks, data breaches and extortion, and AI, and handles related internal investigations and regulatory defense. Mr. Simon has dealt with some of the most significant cyber incidents on an international scale. His experience includes advising victims of state-sponsored cyber activity, ransomware and other cyber extortion attacks, as well as breaches of health information, sensitive government information, intellectual property and personal data. Dual qualified to practice in the U.S. and the EU, he often represents global companies in connection with cyber incidents requiring analysis of breach reporting obligations under U.S. and EU law, including the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and investigations by European data protection authorities. He has counseled companies on major cyber incidents and incident preparedness across virtually every industry, including financial, health care, energy, chemical, defense and aerospace, telecommunications and hospitality.

Professional Memberships

Adjunct Fellow in Cybersecurity and International Law, Technology Policy Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Member, CISA Task Force, Center for Strategic and International Studies (developing recommendations for the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency); Senior Advisor, CSC 2.0 Project: Preserving the Legacy and Continuing the Work of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission; Honorary Member of Senior Common Room, Trinity College, Oxford University (2022-23); Visiting Research Fellow, College of Information and Cyberspace, National Defense University (2018-21); Experts Committee Member, UN Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate, United Nations (2017-21); Term Member, Council on Foreign Relations (2016-21); Member, Cyber Policy Task Force, Center for Strategic and International Studies (developed cybersecurity recommendations for the 45th presidential administration) (2015-17); Peer Reviewer, Tallin Manual on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Warfare (Tallin Manual 2.0) (2015-17)

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