Sierra Stubbs

Sierra Stubbs advises clients on a wide range of cybersecurity, data privacy, artificial intelligence, and public policy matters. As part of her data privacy and cybersecurity practice, Sierra helps clients navigate government and internal investigations, cybersecurity incident response, and compliance with U.S. state and federal privacy and cybersecurity laws and standards. As part of her public policy practice, Sierra supports the development of clients’ public policy strategies and initiatives, including those related to intellectual property, innovation, and artificial intelligence.

Prior to joining Covington, Sierra served in the Office of the Chief of Staff to the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, most recently as a Special Advisor.

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Oklahoma Substantially Amends Its Data Breach Notification Statute

By Ashden Fein, Caleb Skeath, Micaela McMurrough, Emily Pehrsson & Sierra Stubbs on August 3, 2025

Posted in Cybersecurity

Oklahoma recently enacted Senate Bill 626, which substantially amends the state’s data breach notification law to broaden the scope of notification obligations and add a new regulator notification requirement along with a new “safe harbor”-style provision that provides liability protections if certain security measures are implemented. The changes to Oklahoma’s law follow changes to other state data breach notification laws within the past year, including New York’s addition of a 30-day deadline for notice to individuals (added in early 2025) and Pennsylvania’s addition of a regulator notification requirement and obligations to provide free credit monitoring (added in mid-2024). Key updates from Oklahoma’s bill, which will go into effect on January 1, 2026, are discussed in further detail below.Continue Reading Oklahoma Substantially Amends Its Data Breach Notification Statute

Tulsi Gabbard’s Confirmation Hearing for Director of National Intelligence: A Preview of a FISA Section 702 Reauthorization Fight?

By Caleb Skeath, Nicholas Xenakis, Chloe Goodwin, Diana Lee, Tian Kisch, John Bowers & Sierra Stubbs on February 7, 2025

Posted in Congressional Action, National Security

The Senate Intelligence Committee’s January 30, 2025, confirmation hearing for former Representative Tulsi Gabbard, President Trump’s nominee for Director of National Intelligence, previewed a potentially difficult reauthorization path for Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (“FISA”). While Gabbard appears to now publicly favor reauthorization of Section 702, her…