COURSE CATEGORY
Professional skills
Cybersecurity for commercial lawyers – procurement and supply chain security
Reviewed 7 November 2025.
Have you thought about the cyber risks in your business or for your client’s business? The cleaners who come in after hours, the contractors handling the IT, or the caterers accessing your premises? These are just some supplier examples that can pose serious security threats if not properly managed.
In today’s digital landscape, commercial lawyers play a crucial role in safeguarding an organisation’s cybersecurity during procurement and supply chain processes. Beyond drafting contracts, they ensure vendors comply with cybersecurity standards, assess risks, and enforce security clauses.
In this course, Cybersecurity expert Annie Haggar discusses the following:
- What is supply chain?
- Commonwealth and state government requirements
- Information security manual
- Security of critical infrastructure
- The procurement lifecycle
- Plan
- Approach the market
- Evaluate
- Contract
- Manage
- Exit
Completion of this course will earn you 1 CPD unit
TARGET AUDIENCE
All practitioners
CPD POINTS
1
TYPE
Video-based interactive module
Course Author: Annie Haggar
Annie is a cybersecurity and technology lawyer based in Canberra, Australia.
Annie has 20 years of experience advising government and private sector clients in technology law, enterprise security risk, procurement security considerations, global security regulation, and cybersecurity risk in M&A.
Annie has supported clients from start-ups to global Fortune 500 enterprise clients on technology development, product launch, and global regulatory compliance in cybersecurity, as well as complex technology transactions, acquisitions. Annie has also worked as advisor to Australian Commonwealth and State government agencies, including on extended secondment.
Prior to joining the firm, Annie founded and was the principal lawyer for a boutique cybersecurity and technology law firm Cyber GC in 2023, advising clients on cybersecurity, critical infrastructure security, security in procurement, and supporting cyber incidents. Cyber GC was a finalist for the Boutique Firm of the Year in the Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards, 2024.
Annie’s deep technical understanding of technology and cybersecurity issues was gained during her 12 years as legal counsel for one of the world’s largest technology companies, Accenture, including 6 years as global legal counsel for its global cybersecurity business. During Annie’s time in this role, Annie supported the acquisition of 14 cybersecurity businesses, led negotiation of world-first ‘everything-as-a-service’ transactions for global clients, and complex multi-tower outsourcing and systems integration projects and some of Australia’s first hyperscale cloud deals. Annie was awarded the Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards General Counsel of the Year, and Lawyers Weekly, Corporate Counsel Awards, Technology, Media and Telecommunications Lawyer of the Year awards for her work in this role in 2021.
Annie has also advised government, critical infrastructure and private sector clients on cybersecurity in procurement, developing tailored precedents, clause-banks, training and resources for legal and procurement teams, and advising on and negotiating complex security service and technology procurements.
Annie’s brings to her advice a deep understanding of business at the global and local scale, and provides value beyond traditional ‘legal’ spheres, as trusted advisor and part of the team.
