Rochester, New York, January 21, 2025 – Harter Secrest & Emery LLP, a full-service business law firm with offices throughout New York, is pleased to announce its selection as one of five law firms awarded the New York State Office of General Services (“OGS”) Cybersecurity Legal Services (Statewide) Contract (Award #23331). This contract enables the Harter Secrest & Emery Privacy and Data Security team to serve as an awarded contractor for cybersecurity legal services to New York State agencies, municipalities, school districts and other state-contracting entities (“Authorized Users”) through January 5, 2030.
“We are very proud to have been selected for this 5-year, statewide contract for cybersecurity legal services,” said F. Paul Greene, partner and chair of the Harter Secrest & Emery Privacy and Data Security practice. “Backed by industry-leading credentials and practical experience, our Upstate New York-based team is equipped to provide New York State Authorized Users with the best-in-class guidance needed to handle any cybersecurity challenge.”
As an OGS centralized contract awardee for cybersecurity legal services, Harter Secrest & Emery can provide assistance and legal advice to New York State Authorized Users in planning for cybersecurity incidents, data protection policies and other preparedness related matters. Counseling and advising Authorized Users during incident response are also considered in scope. This award also allows Harter Secrest & Emery the ability to advise on contracts and disputes with third-party vendors related to cybersecurity, cyber resiliency, cyber preparedness, privacy and related matters.
The Harter Secrest & Emery Privacy and Data Security team, a NetDiligence-authorized Breach Coach®, help clients respond to data security incidents of all kinds. The team creates strategies and protocols to help clients identify and mitigate risk, proactively protect their most sensitive information, prepare for a broad array of incidents, and respond effectively and efficiently to incidents when they do occur. In addition to the designation as a NetDiligence-authorized Breach Coach®, the group has been recognized by the Ponemon Institute and boasts the most individual privacy and data certifications from the International Association of Privacy Professionals in the region.
About Harter Secrest & Emery LLP
Harter Secrest & Emery LLP is a full-service business law firm with attorneys throughout New York representing clients ranging from individuals and family-owned businesses to Fortune 100 companies and major regional institutions. With offices in Rochester, Buffalo, Albany, Corning, and New York City, New York, the firm and its attorneys are consistently recognized by the industry’s leading law firm and attorney ranking programs, including Chambers and Partners, Best Law Firms® and The Best Lawyers in America®.