Alexis Ward

Associate | She/Her/Hers

Overview

Alexis Ward represents clients in a variety of matters at the intersection of government contracts and cybersecurity utilizing her experience in analytics and data architecture to counsel clients with a practical, real-world lens. As a member of Crowell & Moring’s Privacy and Cybersecurity and Government Contracts groups, Alexis has assisted clients in matters including False Claims Act investigations; developing corporate policies, procedures and governance; and in diverse matters involving cybersecurity and data privacy compliance, risk assessment and mitigation, and incident response.

During law school, Alexis founded USC Gould’s Privacy and Cybersecurity Law Society and was on the board of OUTLaw. Alexis also worked as a teaching assistant for the graduate programs’ Information Privacy Law course. Her paper "The Oldest Trick in the Facebook: Would the General Data Protection Regulation Have Stopped the Cambridge Analytica Scandal?" was published by the Trinity College Law Review.

Career & Education

    • University of Southern California, Gould School of Law, 2022
    • University of Miami, B.S.B.A., general honors, 2014
    • University of Southern California, Gould School of Law, 2022
    • University of Miami, B.S.B.A., general honors, 2014
    • California
    • California

Alexis's Insights

Webinar | 09.15.25

CMMC Clause Rule: What to Know

The Department of Defense (DoD) has released the highly anticipated second final rule for the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Program (CMMC), ushering in its mandatory implementation that begins on November 10. CMMC is a unified assessment model released by the DoD in response to the growing threat of cyberattacks on and data theft from the Defense Industrial Base.  This program requires every DoD contractor that handles sensitive government data to certify compliance with certain cybersecurity controls.  CMMC brings greater scrutiny to contractors’ cybersecurity compliance and greater risks associated with compliance failures. To achieve certification, contractors must prove that their organizations can meet a myriad of security control obligations, a process that can be daunting without familiarity with the policies, procedures, and practices that will be required when the program is finalized....

Alexis's Insights

Webinar | 09.15.25

CMMC Clause Rule: What to Know

The Department of Defense (DoD) has released the highly anticipated second final rule for the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Program (CMMC), ushering in its mandatory implementation that begins on November 10. CMMC is a unified assessment model released by the DoD in response to the growing threat of cyberattacks on and data theft from the Defense Industrial Base.  This program requires every DoD contractor that handles sensitive government data to certify compliance with certain cybersecurity controls.  CMMC brings greater scrutiny to contractors’ cybersecurity compliance and greater risks associated with compliance failures. To achieve certification, contractors must prove that their organizations can meet a myriad of security control obligations, a process that can be daunting without familiarity with the policies, procedures, and practices that will be required when the program is finalized....