Senior Cybersecurity Counsel

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

We have the vision of a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. These aren’t easy goals to accomplish – but we’re not here for easy. We’re here for better. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we’re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.

Your Career

This is an opportunity to join a dynamic legal department and a growing team at a fast-paced company. The Palo Alto Networks Privacy, Product, and Marketing Counseling Team works with all teams across Palo Alto Networks to incorporate privacy and security in everything we do, by providing guidance, education, and tools, to facilitate adoption of our products and to make Palo Alto Networks a trusted brand for privacy and security. 

We are seeking a self-starter who enjoys working collaboratively as well as driving high impact projects independently. 

This Senior Cybersecurity Counsel position will report to the Vice President, Chief Privacy Officer.

Your Impact

• Develop and implement effective standards, policies, and procedures for global incident and data breach planning and response, as well as proactively advise on best practices for addressing product vulnerability issues.

• Deliver clear, practical legal and strategic advice to stakeholders across the company, including senior leaders and engineering, information technology, information security teams, and policy and government affairs teams, among others, regarding cybersecurity compliance, incident response, and data privacy and protection.

• Lead internal, security-related due diligence efforts and serve as legal liaison to regulatory, law enforcement, government, and national security authorities, providing notifications and responding to audits, investigations, warrants, and subpoenas 

• Engage cross-functional stakeholders to conduct tabletop exercises, compliance testing, cyber and privacy risk assessments, and third party risk management

• Stay up-to-date on relevant U.S. and international laws, regulations, and industry trends, especially those related to cybercrime, cybersecurity, data protection, and data privacy

• Develop and deliver training, collateral, and communications on cybersecurity and related topics

• Manage outside counsel and consultants, as necessary

• Handle special projects as requested

The Legal Team

The Legal team at Palo Alto Networks is a dynamic team that impacts all go-to-market aspects of the business every day. You will work closely with teams from other departments to immerse yourself in the ins and outs of our business to support it from a legal perspective. Our Legal team is an essential resource on a global basis, impacting and driving our products and services.  You will tackle ever-evolving cybersecurity threats through collaboration with highly-skilled colleagues across the company and be involved in high impact work that offers the chance to change the future of digital security.

You’re passionate about legalities in a way that drives solutions that appropriately manage risk. You think creatively on the legal team, but with a higher purpose, driven by our mission to protect our digital lives.  You approach stakeholders with a customer service mindset.  You are excited about addressing the ever-evolving threats we all face on a day-to-day basis as part of an industry leading cybersecurity company.

Your Experience

• 7+ years of relevant cybersecurity experience in technology or other highly-regulated sector, with government, investigatory, and/or prosecution experience preferred

• Qualified to practice, in good standing, in at least one U.S. state with law degree (J.D.) from a reputable law school 

• In-house experience with managing enterprise-level incident response and data breach planning, response, and notification

• Significant experience with advising on domestic and international cybersecurity and data protection laws, regulations, and industry standards (e.g., NIST Cyber Framework, ISO, Cloud Act, FedRamp, SOC2, etc.) 

• Skilled at partnering with cross-functional teams, especially Information Security teams and the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) (or equivalent)

• Experience communicating and negotiating with domestic and international data protection, law enforcement, government, national security, and similar authorities, as well as participating in threat intelligence and information-sharing groups

• Experience drafting information security, IT, and/or privacy policies and standards

• Working understanding of cloud architecture, network security, Internet of Things (IoT), and /or similar technologies

• Ability to work under pressure, prioritize and manage projects and simultaneous tasks, and meet tight deadlines in a fast–paced environment

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, business judgment, flexibility, analytical skills, and comfort with ambiguity

Our Commitment

We’re trailblazers that dream big, take risks, and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.

Palo Alto Networks is evolving and changing the nature of work to meet the needs of our employees now and in the future through FLEXWORK, our approach to how we work. From benefits to learning, location to leadership, we’ve rethought and recreated every aspect of the employee experience at Palo Alto Networks. And because it FLEXes around each individual employee based on their individual choices, employees are empowered to push boundaries and help us all evolve, together.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at [email protected]

Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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