Allen O’Rourke

Allen O’Rourke

SVP & Chief Cyber Counsel
Truist

Bio: Allen O’Rourke leads the Cybersecurity Team in the Technology Group of Truist’s Legal Department. They provide legal support to Corporate Cyber Security and advise the enterprise on cyber legal matters. Before joining Truist, Allen chaired the Cybersecurity and Privacy Practice Group of the law firm Robinson Bradshaw. He has advised on cybersecurity law and incident response for a broad range of organizations. In addition, Allen has handled over 50 trials in state and federal court and has led countless investigations. Before private practice, Allen was a cybercrime prosecutor who helped lead the Cyber Unit at the US Attorney’s Office in Washington, DC, where he received two Special Achievement Awards for his work to combat cybercrime. He graduated from Harvard Law School and clerked in the Fourth Circuit and Eastern District of Pennsylvania.