Michael G. McLaughlin*

Associate

Washington, D.C.
T: 202.508.3401
F: 202.508.3402

Michael McLaughlin advises clients in matters involving cybersecurity, public policy, and governmental relations.

Professional Biography

Mr. McLaughlin is an associate in Baker Donelson's Washington, D.C. office and a member of the Government Relations and Public Policy Group.

From 2010 – 2022, Mr. McLaughlin served in the United States Navy as a Naval Intelligence Officer. He served in multiple postings worldwide, most recently as Chief of Counterintelligence and Human Intelligence for the Cyber National Mission Force where he directed all counterintelligence, human intelligence, and law enforcement operations, investigations, and support to the Department of Defense’s global cyberspace operations. While assigned to United States Cyber Command, he also served as Senior Counterintelligence Advisor to the Commander. In his role as a cyber policy research affiliate for the Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security, Mr. McLaughlin advised senior government officials on the integration and expansion of Department of Defense cyberspace capabilities.

While in law school, Mr. McLaughlin earned a certificate in Cybersecurity and Crisis Management Law.

"Battlefield Cyber: America's Software Meltdown — and What Must Be Done to Fix It," Force Distance Times (May 2023)
"When The Balloon Goes Up," CPO Magazine (April 2023)
"SEC Issues Multiple Cybersecurity Rule Proposals," republished May 3, 2023, in Corporate Compliance Insights (March 2023)
"Tick Tock, Tiktok: Regulatory and Legal Approaches to Mitigating a Chinese Threat," Competition Policy International TechREG^® Chronicle (March 2023)
"Banking in the Cloud: How Financial Institutions Can Mitigate the Regulatory and Security Risks ," republished in ABA Banking Journal (March 2023)
"The LastPass Lesson: Why Your Company Needs to Care About Password Manager Breaches," republished April 2023, in Washington Business Journal (March 2023)
"U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Overhauls Cybersecurity Rules for Government Contractors" (February 2023)
"Deterring the Next Invasion: Applying the Accumulation of Events Theory to Cyberspace," Opinio Juris (February 2023)
"U.S. Health Care Sector Should Take Immediate Mitigating Actions Due to Targeted Attacks by Pro-Russia Hacktivist Group" (February 2023)
"Beware of Cyber Attacks During the Holiday Season – Royal Ransomware Group Highlighted as Threats to the Health and Public Health Sectors" (December 2022)
"Data, Privacy, And the Future of Artificial Intelligence," Cyber Defense Magazine (December 2022)
"Seventh Service: Proposal for the United States Cyber Force," The Cyber Defense Review (November 2022)
"Battlefield: Cyber – How China and Russia Are Undermining Our Democracy and National Security," Prometheus (pending – August 2023)
"Biden's EU Data Transfer Order Spells Changes For US Cos.," Law360 (October 2022)
"New Executive Order Aims to Restore U.S.-EU Data Privacy Agreement," republished in Law360 (October 2022)
"Software Developers With Federal Government Customers Must Provide Confirmation of NIST Standards," republished November 16, 2022, in Federal News Network (September 2022)
"Mitigating Cyber Vulnerabilities in Medical Devices" (September 2022)
"NCCoE Mitigating Risk to Telehealth" (September 2022)
"Seeing the Dots, Connecting the Dots: How Government Can Unify Cybersecurity Efforts," Lawfare (August 2022)
"Is China Seeking A Secretive, Permanent Presence in America's Computers?," The National Interest (November 2020)
"How America Can Counter Russia and Iran," The National Interest (June 2018)
"Why Trump Is Right About North Korea," The National Interest (October 2017)
"Correcting Course," Proceedings (July 2015)

Panelist – "Cybersecurity & Protecting Businesses," Maryland Department of Emergency Management's Private Sector Integration Program (PSIP) Summit (April 2023)
Infragard NCR: "War in Ukraine, Impact to Cyber Operations, and Implications for US Critical Infrastructure" (February 2023)
Lex Listen: "What's Wrong with TikTok?" (February 2023)
"CMMC Town Hall," NeoSystems (November 2022)
"Cybersecurity Awareness & Research Symposium," UND Center for Cyber Security Research (October 2022)
"BigPictureCyber Town Hall," NeoSystems (April 2022)
Keynote – "Cybersecurity Tabletop," Acture Solutions (April 2022)
"CMMC Town Hall," NeoSystems (March 2022)
Keynote – "Cyber Warfare – Data Breaches and Fighting Back," The 2021 Cybersecurity Summit for Government Contractors (October 2021)
"Lunch with America's Cybersecurity Influencers," New York Metro InfraGard (October 2021)

Michael G. McLaughlin, Baker Donelson Attorney and Former Senior Counterintelligence Advisor for U.S. Cyber Command, Co-Authors Book on Threat of Cyber Warfare (November 2, 2022)
Baker Donelson Adds 46 New Associates Firm-Wide (October 31, 2022)

Michael McLaughlin Comments on Risk of Pro-Russia Hactivist Group Attacks on U.S. Hospitals in Healthcare Risk Management (April 1, 2023)
Michael McLaughlin Quoted in Cybernews on One Year of Russia's Cyberwar in Ukraine (March 3, 2023)
Michael McLaughlin Discusses the Cybersecurity Threat Landscape in Industrial Cyber (December 11, 2022)
Michael McLaughlin Talks with Orlando News13 About the Importance of Protecting Power Grids from Both Cyber and Physical Threats (December 9, 2022)

Practices

Education

University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 2022
United States Naval Academy, B.S., 2010

Admissions

Maryland, 2022

Featured Media

Michael McLaughlin Comments on Risk of Pro-Russia Hactivist Group Attacks on U.S. Hospitals in Healthcare Risk Management

News / April 1, 2023

SEC Issues Multiple Cybersecurity Rule Proposals

Publication / March 28, 2023

Banking in the Cloud: How Financial Institutions Can Mitigate the Regulatory and Security Risks

Publication / March 14, 2023

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