When customers should be notified of a data breach, how to react if a breach occurs and best practices for preserving data were the topics of a panel at Georgetown Law Center’s Cybersecurity Law Institute on Thursday.

“Potential Legal Exposure/Aftermath of a Breach: A Simulation” discussed potential data breach scenarios and how they can best be handled. The moderator of the panel was Kimberly Peretti, a partner at Alston & Bird. Panelists included: Thomas Hibarger, managing director of Stroz Friedberg in Washington, D.C.; Pablo Martinez, managing director of global investigations and cybercrime at Citibank; Joseph Moan, associate general counsel handling employment law and data privacy at Coca-Cola Co.; and Greg Schaffer, CEO of the cybersecurity firm First72 Cyber.