Renato Pontello is legal counsel to Solantro Semiconductor Corp. He was formerly vice president legal, general counsel and corporate secretary to Zarlink Semiconductor Inc.
If we were to roll the movie back several years, most boards in North America would have listed cybersecurity as low on their list of priorities. Experience has shown, however, that we seriously underestimated the effect a security breach could have on a company’s reputation and fortunes.
