Joshua Silverstein

Prior to joining Skadden, Mr. Silverstein was a senior counselor and policy adviser at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS’) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). He provides full-spectrum support on these matters, spearheading coordinated litigation, regulatory, operational, business and policy solutions.

Mr. Silverstein has substantial experience serving as a solutions-oriented counselor to clients facing severe crises. He has guided large multinational enterprises through the challenging process of managing multijurisdictional data breaches, significant ransomware and data extortion attacks, and high-profile national security and white collar criminal investigations.

Mr. Silverstein works with clients proactively to establish processes and technology to diminish the likelihood and consequences of cybersecurity, data privacy and national security challenges. He has worked with enterprises across economic sectors to build tailored cybersecurity, data privacy, incident response, vulnerability management, operational risk management and insider threat programs. Mr. Silverstein is regularly consulted on a wide range of important public policy issues, including encryption, public-private cybersecurity collaboration, critical infrastructure cybersecurity, cybersecurity norms and international law, and surveillance and intelligence activities. Mr. Silverstein is currently a term member at the Council on Foreign Relations and has been recognized as one of Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Global Cyber Lawyers. He regularly writes about topics related to cybersecurity issues and is the co-author of “The Cyberspace Solarium Commission” chapter of the Practising Law Institute’s treatise Cybersecurity: A Practical Guide to the Law of Cyber Risk.

During his career, Mr. Silverstein has represented clients in confronting numerous concerns, including: