TC November 2005

Legal issues

Some legal issues related to handling product security vulnerabilites.

Tara Flanagan (Cisco Systems — Cisco Systems Ltd., US)

Tara Flanagan is the Director of Legal Services for Cisco System's world wide services organization, and has supported Cisco's security reporting team (PSIRT) for seven years. Prior to joining Cisco in 1997, she worked as a government contracts attorney and commercial litigator with the Los Angeles law firm of McKenna, Conner and Cuneo. During her tenure as outside counsel, she represented large and small companies engaged in business with the U.S. government (i.e. represented FMC Corporation in lawsuit against the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company resulting in $32M judgement for FMC), as well as pro bono cases in which she represented children and for which she received several pro bono awards. She holds a B.A. cum laude from Tulane University (New Orleans, LA) and a J.D. cum laude Pepperdine University (Malibu, CA). She is licensed to practice law in California and is registered inhouse counsel in Virginia.