Services

Breach & Incident Preparedness

Despite best efforts, any organization may experience a data breach or other type of cybersecurity incident. Being prepared - and being able to demonstrate you were prepared - can make a huge difference. We can efficiently help you update your incident response policy, plan, and procedures to reflect regulatory and market expectations. We can also develop and facilitate realistic tabletop exercises.

Board Training

With decades of experience working with boards and senior management, we understand how to distill complex topics like
cybersecurity, privacy and AI into business concepts and language that resonates and informs the board.

Program Design and Evaluation

We can provide a third-party review of your cybersecurity, privacy, and AI governance
program maturity tailored to your industry sector and size. Our approach is practical and informed by hands-on experience creating and leading such programs as well as direct experience interpreting and addressing regulatory inquiries and enforcement.

Executive Development

For specialized managers such as chief information security officers and chief privacy officers to optimize their value to an organization, they must make the transition to business communicators and leaders. Axia can help enable and accelerate that transition. We offer one-on-one or group coaching and mentoring drawing on our experience in talent management and business leadership.

Policy Advocacy Strategy and Support

Axia brings three-plus decades of successful
experience working with U.S. federal and state government legislative and regulatory processes. Contact us to discuss how we can help formulate a strategy to achieve your business objectives.

Expert Testimony Services

Harriet Pearson is available for expert witness services and testimony in cybersecurity and privacy matters.

Representative Experience

  • Reviewed, updated and drafted hundreds of incident preparedness plans and playbooks in all industry sectors.

  • Facilitated dozens of management-level cybersecurity incident tabletop exercises.

  • Advised on post-incident communications strategy and content in hundreds of matters.

  • Trained and briefed numerous corporate boards on digital (cyber, privacy, AI) governance.

  • Represented multiple technology and other clients in regulatory enforcement proceedings before the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general.

  • Performed numerous company-wide cybersecurity governance and compliance assessments and presented results to board of directors and senior management.

  • Designed and led implementation of a multi-year, multi-phase privacy and cybersecurity thought leadership initiative for a major business-to-business technology company.

  • Testified or presented before the U.S. Congress, state legislatures, Federal Trade Commission, Federal Communications Commission, Department of Commerce, and numerous other governmental bodies.

  • Keynoted numerous business events and conferences - from small to 3,000-person audiences.

  • Provided expert witness services in a high-profile litigation matter involving cybersecurity and data privacy practices.

  • Coached, mentored, identified and recruited top talent for CISO, chief privacy officer, cybersecurity counsel, and privacy counsel positions.