Ex-Manhattan DA Vance Targets Cyber ‘Pandemic’ in Second Act

Cyrus Vance Jr., the former Manhattan District Attorney, is using his new job to try to get cities and companies to work together to fend off cyber attacks.

“Public-private partnerships to defend critical infrastructure and other cyber assets will be an integral part of a longer-term cyber risk reduction strategy,” Vance said in an interview. “We are in a cyber pandemic, and there is no vaccine.”

Vance is now a partner at Baker McKenzie, where he has been growing the law firm’s cybersecurity group since being hired to lead it about six months ago. He recruited Elizabeth Roper, the Manhattan ...