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Trends and Developments Contributed by: Evan Roberts and Meredith Griffanti FTI Consulting, Inc. FTI Consulting, Inc. has one of the largest spe- cialised cybersecurity and data privacy com- munications practices in the world. It provides expert crisis communications counsel and sup- port throughout the entire lifecycle of an inci- dent. Named the Cybersecurity PR Firm of the Year by the Cybersecurity Excellence Awards three years running, FTI Consulting has proudly led the communications response for some of the largest and highest-profile cybersecurity matters in the past decade, including those in-
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volving PII, PHI, sensitive IP, double- and triple- extortion ransomware attacks and nation-state incidents, among many others. As an integrated member of our clients’ core cybersecurity inci- dent response teams, the firm partners with ex- ternal legal counsel, forensic investigators, and internal client teams to support its clients’ com- munications strategies and responses through- out an incident. The Americas practice com- prises nearly 20 dedicated practitioners, with six team members based in New York.
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Evan Roberts co-leads FTI Consulting’s Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Communications practice in the Americas and is based in New York. In his role, Evan advises companies and
Meredith Griffanti is the global head of FTI Consulting’s Cybersecurity & Data Privacy
Communications practice, which spans the Americas, EMEA and APAC. Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Meredith spent six years in-house at Equifax where she led crisis communications and managed Equifax’s response to its 2017 breach, one of the largest cyber-attacks in history. From 2022-2024, she has been consecutively recognised in Chambers and Partners Crisis and Risk Management Guide and received individual rankings in the USA-Nationwide category for Crisis PR and Communications. Meredith is Certified in Cybersecurity (CC) by ISC2, the world’s leading member association for cybersecurity professionals.
develops multistakeholder communication programmes around moments of significant crisis with a specific focus on data privacy challenges and cybersecurity incidents. He has counselled clients through nation-state attacks and ransomware incidents conducted by some of the highest-profile threat actors, as well as insider threats and breaches involving third- party vendors. He also has extensive experience counselling clients through cybersecurity preparedness exercises and designing response playbooks to prepare for a variety of potential cyber crises.
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