Magdalena Blanch-de Wilt
Cyber Risk Advisory Lead, specialising in cyber risk mitigation, data governance and emerging technology.
Magda is a leading Australian cyber, data, telecommunications and emerging technology lawyer. She has deep experience in cyber and technology governance, and risk and legal issues across the technology lifecycle, built advising telecommunications, technology, financial services and government clients.
Magda’s pragmatic and insightful cyber incident and crisis leadership, as well as senior in-house technology and telecommunications work with Top ASX companies and government, enables her to provide astute (corporate-ready) guidance on navigating the cyber, data and emerging technology issues that keep Boards and CSuite awake.
Experience & expertise
Selected matters
Magda has earned the trust of Executive Teams and Boards on some of Australia’s most significant cyber and telecommunications matters and incidents, including:
- assisting companies and their boards, both listed and unlisted, on cyber resilience, cyber risk management, incident response, crisis management, cyber incident, ransomware and data/privacy breach playbooks, crisis management, directors duties, cyber simulations, and data modernisation policies and programs
- extensively advising on cyber and data regulatory reform and data protection, including the Privacy Act, GDPR, Security of Critical Infrastructure legislation, notifiable data breaches, ASIC and APRA reporting and ASX disclosure/trading halts
- supporting clients with regulatory and Government interactions (including with the ACCC, ACMA, APRA, ASIC, OAIC, TIO and the eSafety Commissioner)
- deep expertise on emerging technology regulation and transactions, including Australia’s Online Safety regime, AI ethics and regulatory frameworks, and cyber, AI, technology and network governance and risk
- technology and telecommunications sourcing and partnering agreements and disputes
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