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Cyber Security

Our specialized lawyers support you in the area of cyber security. We advise on the development or adaptation of IT security concepts and take over legal enforcement for our clients in the event of damage.

Media reports of spectacular cybercrime incidents are an almost daily occurrence nowadays. Unauthorized access to corporate IT systems may allow advanced hackers in many cases to learn all trade secrets of an enterprise. Additionally, in times of Industry 4.0 and Smart Factory, it is possible to take control of manufacturing systems, to manipulate processes, and even to take over a company’s connected car fleet.

In view of these new realities, all companies are facing new legal problems: Who is liable when unauthorized access to IT systems causes damage? Can product liability or warranty claims be asserted because products were hacked? To what extent does IT security need to be specifically addressed in contracts? What are the reporting obligations that need to be met once a data leak has been detected? What kind of liability are corporate officers facing under Compliance aspects where, in breach of duty, they failed to take measures to avoid attacks?

Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek offers companies solutions to these and other issues. We cover the entire field of IT security law starting from IT security policy, which from a legal perspective is a major factor to avoid liability of a company and its managers, to the analyzing of contracts up to reacting correctly to security incidents.

We collaborate closely with IT forensic and court-certified IT experts, as well as IT security consultants. In addition, we keep close contacts with enterprises from the insurance industry that are developing novel products such as "cyber policies" to alleviate the technologically challenging residual risks by offering adequate insurance coverage.

Please also have a look at our flyer "Protection against cyber attacks" (German language):

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Events (Selection)

  • BSI Basic Protection. New quasi-legal security standard?, Lecture of Dr. Lutz M. Keppeler, International Insuralex Meeting “Cyber beyond borders”, Frankfurt November 29, 2019
  • Teilnahme an Paneldikussion “CYBER CRISIS MANAGEMENT”, Lecture of Dr. Lutz M. Keppeler, 2. Deutor Cyber Security Best Practice Conference 2019
  • Datenschutzgrund-Verordnung und E-Privacy-Verordnung, Lecture of Dr. Hans Markus Wulf, Handelskammer Hamburg, October 22, 2019
  • Cybersicherheit & Recht – Rechtliche und technische Anforderungen für Unternehmen, Lecture of Dr. Hans Markus Wulf, WM Gruppe, 21. Compliance-Tagung,  September 19, 2019
  • Cybercrime: Wie kann ich mich schützen?, Lecture of Dr. Hans Markus Wulf, Handelskammer Hamburg, September 3, 2019
  • Bericht über die durch das BSI in Auftrag gegebene Studie zur Cybersicherheitsarchitektur in Deutschland, bitkom Arbeitskreis IT-Sicherheitspolitik, Lecture of Dr. Lutz M. Keppeler, Berlin June 6, 2019
  • Electronic discovery (eDiscovery): Was man damit erreichen kann und wie es technisch und auch rechtlich klappt, Lecture of Dr. Lutz M. Keppeler, Abeitskreis EDV und Recht, Cologne, May 15, 2019
  • Cybersicherheit & Recht - Überblick und Praxishinweise zu den rechtlichen und technischen Anforderungen, Lecture of Dr. Hans Markus Wulf, Handelskammer Hamburg, June 18, 2019, Hamburg
  • Daten-Leak in der Anwaltskanzlei – was nun? Pflichten des Berufsträgers bei Datenverlust unter Beachtung der Datenschutz- und –sicherheitsvorschriften inkl. Meldepflichten, Lecture of Dr. Lutz M. Keppeler at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Vermögensschadenhaftpflicht e.V. in Frankfurt, July 3, 2017
  • Anforderungen an IT-Sicherheit aus DSGVO und IT-Sicherheitsgesetzgebung und praktische Lösungen durch Monitoring-Software, Webinar by Dr. Lutz M. Keppeler together with  RadarServices, May 2017
  • Lecture of Dr. Lutz M. Keppeler at "Kölner Kreis der IT-Forensiker" regarding Legal Implications of SSL Encryption, 2.2.2017
  • Dr. Lutz M. Keppeler: Vertragsgestaltung bei Penetrationtests, Sitzung der Fachtagung des DGRI Fachausschusses in Cologne, 28.10.2016, (Download of presentation documents)
  • Data- and IT-Security. Liability , risk management and insurances for businesses , in cooperation with DigiTrace and GGW, Leipzig 14.3.2016
  • Lecture of Michael Schmittmann and Astrid Luedtke at Senatevent of BVMW in Düsseldorf, 1.3.2016
  • Lecture of Dr. Lutz M. Keppeler on the Topic of IT-Security law, CK7 GmbH, Cologne, 12.11.2015
  • Workshop Cyber-Krisenmanagement, Düsseldorf
  • Daten- und IT-Sicherheit. Haftung, Risikomanagement und Versicherungsschutz für Unternehmen, in cooperation with DigiTrace and GGW
  • Cyber Security - aus Sicht der Wirtschaft, Internal Briefing LKA NRW – Prevention Cybercrime, Düsseldorf

Publications (Selection)

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