Blair Dawson

McDonald Hopkins

Blair has extensive experience in data privacy consulting and responding to data security incidents as well as more than 20 years of insurance coverage consulting and claims knowledge. The majority of her practice focuses on responding to data security incidents while ensuring her clients remain compliant with state, federal and international requirements, as well as managing operational and reputational impact. She has also developed cyber incident response policies and protocols and pre-breach and compliance services to place her clients in the best position possible from a business, insurance, regulatory and incident response standpoint.

Blair holds multiple IAPP certifications and recognitions (FIP, CIPP/US, CIPP/E, CIPM) and I have a Master of Science of Cybersecurity. I am also an Advisory Board Member for The Cyber Helpline and a Member/Mentor for the Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS) Mentorship Program. She is an Adjunct Professor at IIT, Chicago-Kent College of Law teaching Cybersecurity, Data Privacy and Incident Response for the JD Certificate program in Data Privacy Law.

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