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Hal S. has a strong background in privacy, cybersecurity, and data protection. Hal is currently the Vice President of Global Privacy and Cybersecurity Counsel at Brink’s Inc. Prior to that, they worked as a Privacy Lawyer at HARMAN International.

Hal also has extensive experience at Booz Allen Hamilton, where they served as a Senior Associate and later as a Lead Associate. In these roles, they led commercial data protection and privacy initiatives for clients in various industries. Hal developed privacy risk and compliance programs, authored reports, and created incident management playbooks to minimize the impact of data breaches. Hal also built global data loss prevention programs to ensure compliance with privacy regulations.

Earlier in their career, Hal held positions as a Cybersecurity Project and Compliance Manager at Qmulos, a Data Protection and Privacy Subject Matter Expert at Copper River Enterprise Services, and a Cybersecurity Senior Consultant & Policy Analyst at PotomacWave. Hal also worked as a Legal & Cybersecurity Consultant at Zeichner Risk Analytics LLC and as an eDiscovery Attorney at PartnerJD, A TrustPoint International Company.

In addition, Hal has academic experience as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Richmond and has worked as an Associate Attorney at Clement Wheatley. Throughout their career, Hal has demonstrated expertise in privacy and cybersecurity law, compliance, risk management, and policy analysis.

Hal S. has a Doctor of Law (JD) with Honors from the University of Richmond School of Law. Hal also holds a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree from the University of Virginia. Additionally, they have various certifications, including being a Certified Insider Threat Program Manager from SEI and a Virginia Licensed Attorney from the Virginia State Bar. Hal has also obtained certifications from the IAPP - International Association of Privacy Professionals and the SANS Institute, although the specific years of obtaining these certifications are unknown.