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title: "Episode 28: Governance and Risk in the Board Room with Reed Smith Partner Gerard Stegmaier"
description: Episode 28 of the podcast with Reed Smith LLP Partner Gerard Stegmaier covers how Board Rooms view governance and risk issues.
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# [Episode 28: Governance and Risk in the Board Room with Reed Smith Partner Gerard Stegmaier](https://blog.nisos.com/podcast/cyber5_episode28_board_room_governance_risk)

 Written by [Nisos](https://blog.nisos.com/podcast/author/nisos) | Oct 15, 2020 1:28:27 PM

Episode 28 of the podcast covers a director’s and officer’s view of mission-critical privacy and cyber security issues with Reed Smith LLP Partner Gerard Stegmaier.

 

**Outline:**

- **Question 1 (03:13):** What are the NACD’s guiding principles for effective cyber-risk oversight? Do boards actually follow these principles?
- **Question 2 (08:50):** With regard to governance and cyber risk management frameworks, when a cyber incident occurs, what are companies doing right and wrong in addressing this interplay?
- **Question 3 (12:57):** What role do these principles play with D&O insurance?
- **Question 4 (16:16):** How detailed have you seen board rooms get on how to classify risks.
- **Question 5 (21:13):** Understanding that security incidents are inevitable, how do you advise clients to work with outside experts? Should everything be under privilege that relates to a potential vulnerability that may result in a future breach?

 

 

 

 

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