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House Cybersecurity Information-Sharing Bill Provides Immunity Provisions for Reporting Companies

by Nerissa McGinn | Loeb & Loeb LLP on 5/17/2013

The U.S. House of Representatives passed an amended version of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), with a 288-127 vote. The current version of CISPA (H.R. 624) would provide private-sector companies...more

EU Data Protection Regulation: and the horizon recedes again . . .

by Susan Foster | Mintz Levin - Privacy & Security on 5/13/2013

(LONDON) We recently wrote that a crucial committee vote on the new EU Data Protection Regulation had been pushed back until May 29-30. The vote has been delayed again until an unspecified future date, although Jan Phillip...more

That’s the Way the Consensus Crumbles: CISPA Splits Natural Allies in High-Tech

by Daniel Corbett, Michael Weil | Orrick - Trade Secrets Group on 5/7/2013

If there’s one thing Americans of all political stripes seem to agree on, it’s the need to thwart cyber-attacks on critical U.S. systems. Just this week, the Pentagon for the first time openly blamed China for hacking U.S....more

EU Data Protection Regulation: Looming closer . . .

by Susan Foster | Mintz Levin - Privacy & Security on 4/22/2013

(LONDON) The draft of the new Data Protection Regulation, the first EU privacy law with highly serious teeth in the form of fines based on global turnover, continues to wend its way through various committees of the European...more

California Introduces “Right to Know” Privacy Law, Seeking to Increase Transparency

by Stephanie Sharron, Emily Tabatabai | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 4/15/2013

California Assembly Member Bonnie Lowenthal recently introduced the “Right to Know Act of 2013” (AB1291) in the California State Assembly. If passed, this legislation would allow U.S. consumers unprecedented access to...more

D.C. Developments on the Cybersecurity Front – UPDATE

by Cynthia Larose, Heidi A. Lawson | Mintz Levin - Privacy & Security on 4/12/2013

UPDATE: The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence passed the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) this afternoon. The vote was 18 in favor and two (Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL))...more

Cyber Intelligence Sharing And Protection Act Set For Markup Session

by Dennis Olle, Pedro Pavon | Carlton Fields on 4/10/2013

The U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence panel will mark up the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) this week. Last year, CISPA met strong opposition from privacy advocates and the public due to...more

President Issues Cybersecurity Executive Order; Pending Legislation Revived

by Loeb & Loeb LLP on 3/27/2013

President Barack Obama issued his administration's much-anticipated executive order on cybersecurity Feb. 12, to "enhance the security and resilience of the Nation's critical infrastructure and to maintain a cyber environment...more

Bills on Use of Mobile-Device-Location Data Reintroduced

by Brad Guyton | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 3/26/2013

Updating our entry on this issue posted during the last Congress, on March 21, 2013, lawmakers in the House and Senate reintroduced companion bills intended to curb government use of mobile users’ geolocation data. The...more

NIST Seeks Private Sector Information on Cybersecurity Framework Outlined in President’s Executive Order and Notices First Public...

by King & Spalding on 3/18/2013

On February 26, 2013, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published a Request for Information (RFI) in the Federal Register soliciting views from both government and industry on developing the...more

Joint Senate Committee Hearing on Cybersecurity: 3-Point Bulletin

by Cozen O'Connor on 3/8/2013

Yesterday, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Technology and the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs held a hearing titled, “The Cybersecurity Partnership Between the Private Sector and...more

How to Protect Your Company From Hackers [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 3/8/2013

March 8 (Bloomberg Law) -- With reports of corporate espionage and hacking on the rise, the US government and private companies need to take steps to prevent the loss of trade secrets and threats to national security says...more

President Obama Signs Executive Order on Cybersecurity

by Carly Ziegler | Proskauer - Privacy & Data Security on 3/7/2013

As announced during the 2013 State of the Union Address, President Obama recently signed an Executive Order on cybersecurity. The primary goals of the Executive Order are to (a) improve communication between private companies...more

White House Cyber Security Coordinator Warns Regulations Are Needed

by Dennis Olle, Pedro Pavon | Carlton Fields on 3/6/2013

A sweeping cyber security law is unlikely to pass any time soon. White House Cyber Security Coordinator Michael Daniel warned last week that President Obama's Executive Order on Cyber Security (EO) could result in new...more

NIST Issues Request for Information, Begins Developing Cybersecurity Framework Under Recent Executive Order

by Michael Baader, Jamie Barnett, Andrew Bigart, Amanda C. Blunt, Dismas Locaria, Anthony Rosso, Sejal Shah, Raymond Shepherd, Robert Smith, Jason Wool, Brian Zimmet | Venable LLP on 3/6/2013

On February 26, 2013, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issued a Request for Information (RFI) entitled, “Developing a Framework to Improve Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity.” The RFI requests...more

DataGuidance: Cynthia Larose on Cybersecurity Framework

by Cynthia Larose | Mintz Levin - Privacy & Security on 3/6/2013

USA: New cybersecurity framework has far-reaching effects on US economy - President Obama issued – on 12 February 2013 – the long-awaited Executive Order entitled ‘Improving Infrastructure Cybersecurity’ (the Order),...more

White House Issues Executive Order on CyberSecurity

by Timothy Blank, Kate Ericsson, Vernon Francis, Vivian Maese | Dechert LLP on 3/1/2013

The Obama Administration has long expressed concerns about the vulnerability of America’s critical infrastructure to cyber-attack. On February 12, 2012, the day of the President’s State of the Union address, the...more

What The Cybersecurity Executive Order Means For The Rest Of Us

by Travis Crabtree | Looper Reed & McGraw, P.C. on 2/26/2013

If you are the CEO of Google, Facebook, Verizon, Comcast, Exxon or Boeing, don’t read this. You have a team of lawyers working for you who have already spent hours analyzing President Obama’s Cybersecurity executive order...more

What You Should Be Doing Now to Prepare for Implementation of the Cybersecurity Executive Order

by Gerald Ferguson, Theodore Kobus III | BakerHostetler on 2/25/2013

A tempting response to the Cybersecurity Executive Order (the "Order"), announced by President Obama at his State of the Union address, is to ignore it. It is vague in key particulars, such as which companies are part of the...more

White House Issues Strategy Warning Of Dangers To U.S. Companies From Hackers

by Pedro Pavon | Carlton Fields on 2/22/2013

The White House warned yesterday that hackers and “hacktivist” groups have the intent and capability to target U.S. companies and steal confidential data. A new executive strategy explains that the threat of corporate...more

New FAR Rules Likely For "Critical Infrastructure" Contractors

by Eric Aaserud | Perkins Coie on 2/22/2013

On February 12, 2013, President Obama signed an Executive Order (the Order) intended to enhance the cybersecurity of the country's critical infrastructure. According to the Order, "[t]he cyber threat to critical...more

NIST Seeking Comments on Revised Standards for FISMA Compliance

by Michael Baader, Keir Bancroft, Jamie Barnett, Andrew Bigart, Amanda C. Blunt, Dismas Locaria, Anthony Rosso, Raymond Shepherd, Robert Smith, Jason Wool | Venable LLP on 2/22/2013

On February 6, 2013, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) requested public comment on its latest revised draft of “Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations,”...more

Maryland Cybersecurity-Related Legislative Developments

by Michael Baader, Dismas Locaria, Anthony Rosso, Ryan Sweigard | Venable LLP on 2/21/2013

The Maryland State Senate is considering several cybersecurity-related bills to advance the state’s efforts to be the epicenter for cybersecurity. Maryland has already enacted several measures to foster cybersecurity...more

Utilities Sector To Be a Focus of Executive Order Directing Development of Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Framework

by Joshua Belcher, Michael Klein, Ahren Tryon | Cozen O'Connor on 2/20/2013

Little more than a week after reports of cyber attacks targeted at the Department of Energy, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, President Obama declared in his State of the Union address that these forms of...more

NIST Issues Draft RFI for Cybersecurity Framework

by Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 2/20/2013

Following up on the President’s February 12, 2013 Executive Order on Cybersecurity and the related Presidential Policy Directive, discussed in our last blog entry, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has...more

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House Cybersecurity Information-Sharing Bill Provides Immunity Provisions for Reporting Companies

EU Data Protection Regulation: and the horizon recedes again . . .

That’s the Way the Consensus Crumbles: CISPA Splits Natural Allies in High-Tech

EU Data Protection Regulation: Looming closer . . .

California Introduces “Right to Know” Privacy Law, Seeking to Increase Transparency

D.C. Developments on the Cybersecurity Front – UPDATE

Cyber Intelligence Sharing And Protection Act Set For Markup Session

President Issues Cybersecurity Executive Order; Pending Legislation Revived

Bills on Use of Mobile-Device-Location Data Reintroduced

NIST Seeks Private Sector Information on Cybersecurity Framework Outlined in President’s Executive Order and Notices First Public...

Joint Senate Committee Hearing on Cybersecurity: 3-Point Bulletin

How to Protect Your Company From Hackers [Video]

President Obama Signs Executive Order on Cybersecurity

White House Cyber Security Coordinator Warns Regulations Are Needed

NIST Issues Request for Information, Begins Developing Cybersecurity Framework Under Recent Executive Order

DataGuidance: Cynthia Larose on Cybersecurity Framework

White House Issues Executive Order on CyberSecurity

What The Cybersecurity Executive Order Means For The Rest Of Us

What You Should Be Doing Now to Prepare for Implementation of the Cybersecurity Executive Order

White House Issues Strategy Warning Of Dangers To U.S. Companies From Hackers

New FAR Rules Likely For "Critical Infrastructure" Contractors

NIST Seeking Comments on Revised Standards for FISMA Compliance

Maryland Cybersecurity-Related Legislative Developments

Utilities Sector To Be a Focus of Executive Order Directing Development of Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Framework

NIST Issues Draft RFI for Cybersecurity Framework

How to Protect Your Company From Hackers [Video]

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