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Mary T. Costigan

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Mary T. Costigan is a principal in the Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. and a core member of the firm’s Privacy, Data and Cybersecurity practice group. She holds a Certified Information Privacy Professional/US designation from the International Association of Privacy Professionals (iapp).

Mary advises regional, national and multinational clients across various industries on data privacy and cybersecurity laws and best practices including employee monitoring, internet privacy, biometric data collection, artificial intelligence, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), HIPAA, and the EU General Data Protection Regulation.

Mary has extensive experience helping clients respond to cybersecurity incidents including ransomware attacks.

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Healthcare companies continue to face increased risks of ransomware attacks on their operations. According to the recently released BD Cybersecurity Annual Report for 2021, such attacks are also increasingly sophisticated. Management can take important steps to minimize the risks of this form of cybercrime.

Ransomware

Ransomware is malware that encrypts files on a device,…