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Course Information
  • smart_display Format

    Live Online with Live Q&A

  • signal_cellular_alt Difficulty Level

    Intermediate

  • work Practice Area

    ERISA

Date & Time
  • event Date

    Thursday, October 16, 2025

  • schedule Time

    1:00 p.m. ET./10:00 a.m. PT

  • timer Program Length

    90 minutes

Credit Information

  • This 90-minute webinar is eligible in most states for 1.5 CLE credits.

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This CLE course will provide guidance to plan fiduciaries, ERISA counsel, and service providers on trends in data breaches of ERISA benefit plans, discuss the current scope of fiduciary obligations and best practices to protect benefit plan data, and review risk mitigation considerations.

Description

Cybersecurity is an increasingly serious issue for many industries. Recent data breaches across a variety of companies demonstrate that benefit plans, sponsors, and service providers are not immune. Plan sponsors and fiduciaries must act proactively to develop a course of action to address these issues.

Aside from ERISA fiduciary duty principles, there is limited guidance regarding ERISA plan fiduciary duties with respect to privacy and security of plan data and data breaches. The liability for violations of ERISA fiduciary duties can be personal to the individual fiduciary.

Plan sponsors, fiduciaries, and service providers should identify risks and understand the nuances of applicable rules and regulations. In addition, effective privacy and security practices and response procedures should be implemented to minimize potential liability.

Listen as our panel provides guidance to benefits counsel on trends in data breaches in ERISA retirement plans. The panel will discuss the scope of fiduciary obligations to prevent breaches, industry standards, ERISA preemption of state data breach laws, and contractual risk mitigation with third-party administrators (TPAs).

Outline

I. Trends in ERISA data breaches for retirement plans

II. Lessons from recent data breaches and litigation

III. ERISA fiduciary obligations concerning data breaches

IV. Incorporating cybersecurity protections into retirement plan contracts with TPAs and other service providers

Benefits

The panel will review these and other key issues:

  • What lessons can be learned from recent breaches of retirement plan employee information and data?
  • What should ERISA plan fiduciaries consider in developing benefit plan cybersecurity best practices?
  • How can cybersecurity protections be incorporated into retirement plan contracts with service providers and TPAs?
  • What specific obligations do plan sponsors and fiduciaries have when responding to an occurrence of a data breach?