At the “The Debate Between Security and Privacy Continues: WhereDo We Draw the Line?” panel at ALM’s 2016 CyberSecure conference inNew York, privacy and security experts spanning government,corporations, and law firms raised key questions about howcompanies, individuals, and law enforcement interests can balancetheir needs to secure data across these policy lines.

Moderator Mauricio Paez, partner at Jones Day, explained thatthere is a significant gap between policy and regulationimplemented at the state level and “ground level,” people who dealwith that policy in their work, like chief information officers atlarge companies and law enforcement agents, all the way down toindividual users.

Sachin Kothari, director of online privacy, compliance andstandards at AT&T, said that this disconnect often stymiesgrowth for large companies. Because policy demands specificprotocols for data structures and housing, Kothari said thatcompanies struggle to adapt developments in data streams likeInternet of Things (IoT) technology.