About Breakwater Solutions
Breakwater helps mitigate risk and gain insight from sprawling information by combining technology automation and human expertise. The company's consulting, software and managed services address the challenges within information governance, disputes and investigations, regulatory compliance, privacy, and cybersecurity.

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Latest Breakwater Solutions News
Jan 10, 2023
To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: <iframe frameborder="1" height="620" scrolling="auto" src="//www.jdsupra.com/post/contentViewerEmbed.aspx?fid=469439b0-f080-44fe-81af-17781685745d" style="border: 2px solid #ccc; overflow-x:hidden !important; overflow:hidden;" width="100%"></iframe> My guest in this episode of Innovation In Compliance is Dale Waterman, who popularized the phrase “data sovereignty” in the compliance space. The sovereignty of data, or data sovereignty, is the idea that the laws of the country where the organization is based still apply to the data regardless of where it moves across borders. He explains that cloud computing and the Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies like AI and IoT drove the data sovereignty See more + My guest in this episode of Innovation In Compliance is Dale Waterman, who popularized the phrase “data sovereignty” in the compliance space. The sovereignty of data, or data sovereignty, is the idea that the laws of the country where the organization is based still apply to the data regardless of where it moves across borders. He explains that cloud computing and the Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies like AI and IoT drove the data sovereignty movement. Dale Waterman is a Managing Director of Breakwater Solutions, a consulting firm focusing on global data privacy, cybersecurity, information governance, and investigations. He is passionate about helping organizations implement digital transformation objectives by assessing and managing legal, regulatory, and compliance challenges. He helps organizations collect, use, manage and protect personal data in a pragmatic and compliant manner that enables data-driven business strategies. Here are some key points we talk about: 1. Dale talks about his professional background and role at Breakwater Solutions. 2. Dale defines data sovereignty and localization and their impact on global data privacy and cybersecurity. 3. Dale and I compare how data sovereignty issues and privacy laws are viewed in MENA (Middle East, North Africa) as opposed to Europe and the United States. 4. Dale tells me that most of the problems with data sovereignty stem from mistrust of big tech and concerns about government access to data, specifically with the US government. 5. To help organizations comply with ever-changing data sovereignty laws, Dale suggests that companies get to know data and laws, classification, data minimization, and management of third parties. 6. Dale highlights some key challenges your clients may face in the Middle East and North Africa in 2023. 7. Dale describes how Breakwater Solutions helps clients tackle data sovereignty, cross-border data transfers, and evolving data protection laws. KEY QUOTE: “The sovereignty of data refers to the fact that no matter where the data moves across borders, … you still apply the laws of the country where the organization is based.” – Dale Waterman. See less - Embed
Breakwater Solutions Acquisitions
1 Acquisition
Breakwater Solutions acquired 1 company. Their latest acquisition was Clairvoya on September 14, 2021.
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9/14/2021 | Acquired | 1 |
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Breakwater Solutions Team
1 Team Member
Breakwater Solutions has 1 team member, including current Chief Executive Officer, James Schellhase.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
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James Schellhase | DiscoverReady, IBM, Techxas Ventures, Nuance Communications, WPP, IntelliQuest, Austin Ventures, TRC Companies, BBVA USA Bancshares, Deloitte, and StoredIQ | Chief Executive Officer | Current |
Name | James Schellhase |
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Work History | DiscoverReady, IBM, Techxas Ventures, Nuance Communications, WPP, IntelliQuest, Austin Ventures, TRC Companies, BBVA USA Bancshares, Deloitte, and StoredIQ |
Title | Chief Executive Officer |
Status | Current |
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