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DHS Updates Cybersecurity Regulations Clarifying Old and New Obligations

PilieroMazza PLLC on 7/12/2023

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently released a final rule (Final Rule), effective July 21, 2023, updating the Homeland Security Acquisition Regulation (HSAR) to include cybersecurity provisions aimed at...more

Security Measures to Deploy Now to Defend Against a Russian Cyberattack

Foley & Lardner LLP on 2/28/2022

On February 22, 2022, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas warned critical infrastructure organizations located in the United States of possible cyberattacks by Russian state-sponsored actors in...more

Department of Homeland Security Issues “SHIELDS UP” Advisory for All Organizations Regardless of Size

Stinson - Government Contracting Matters on 2/21/2022

This week the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) issued a “SHIELDS UP” advisory. While it does not identify specific threats in the advisory, CISA states that the “Russian...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - February 2022 #3

Robinson & Cole LLP on 2/18/2022

CYBERSECURITY - FBI and DHS Warn of Russian Cyberattacks Against Critical Infrastructure - U.S. officials this week warned government agencies, cybersecurity personnel, and operators of critical infrastructure that...more

FBI and DHS Warn of Russian Cyberattacks Against Critical Infrastructure

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 2/17/2022

U.S. officials this week warned government agencies, cybersecurity personnel, and operators of critical infrastructure that Russia might launch cyber-attacks against Ukrainian and U.S. networks at the same time it launches...more

Homeland Security Announces “Hack DHS” Program

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 12/17/2021

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a “bug bounty” program on December 14, 2021, called “Hack DHS.” Yes, you read that right. DHS is actually going to invite select cybersecurity “hackers” to try to hack into...more

DHS/CISA Mandates Fixing Security Vulnerabilities, Warning Companies to be Vigilant

Wiley Rein LLP on 11/9/2021

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a sweeping binding directive to federal agencies to patch hundreds of cybersecurity vulnerabilities that are considered major risks for cyber actors to cause...more

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Failed to Adequately Secure and Protect Traveler Data

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 7/23/2021

This week, the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general said in an oversight report that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials have failed to use adequate cybersecurity measures and safeguards to...more

DHS announces cybersecurity obligations for pipeline companies

Hogan Lovells on 6/4/2021

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a security directive (Directive) that, for the first time, imposes mandatory cybersecurity requirements on companies in the pipeline industry. ...more

Critical Pipeline Cybersecurity Directive Released

Mayer Brown on 6/2/2021

In the wake of the May 2021 ransomware attack on a major US oil pipeline, the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has released a security directive (the “TSA Directive”) to...more

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Announces New Cybersecurity Requirements for Critical Pipeline Owners and Operators

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 6/1/2021

On May 27, 2021, the Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced a Security Directive that will enable DHS to better identify, protect against, and respond to threats to critical...more

Preparing for and Responding to Cybersecurity Incidents: What Critical Pipeline Owners and Operators Need to Do as TSA Announces...

Adams and Reese LLP on 5/28/2021

On May 27, the Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Administration announced a Security Directive designed to “better identify, protect against, and respond to threats to critical companies in the...more

Biden Administration Orders Improvements to Cybersecurity and Federal Networks Amid Cyberattacks

McGuireWoods LLP on 5/21/2021

On May 12, 2021, President Biden signed an executive order (EO) mandating that the federal government significantly improve cybersecurity within its networks and modernize federal cyber defenses. The EO acknowledges that the...more

President Biden Signs Executive Order to Improve the Cybersecurity and Protect Federal Government Networks

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 5/13/2021

On May 12, 2021, President Biden signed an Executive Order which is aimed at improving the nation’s cybersecurity and protecting federal government networks. The Executive Order has been in the works for some time, but the...more

Disruptionware VI: Cyber-Attack against Colonial Pipeline Illustrates Continued Vulnerability of American Energy and...

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 5/13/2021

Disruptionware attacks have become increasingly more common over the last few months. Just last month, I wrote about a dangerous disruptionware attack against a Florida Water Treatment Center that could have been a mass...more

Colonial Pipeline Cyberattack Highlights Vulnerability of Nation’s Energy Sector

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel on 5/13/2021

This post is a follow up from our recent discussion of the cyberattack that took the 5,500-mile Colonial Pipeline offline last week and the growing threat ransomware poses to our nation’s energy system. On May 10, 2021, a...more

FBI and DHS/CISA Issue Joint Alert on Mamba Ransomware

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 4/9/2021

The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) recently issued a joint alert with the Department of Homeland Security/Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency (CISA) that “Mamba ransomware has been deployed against local...more

Hearings on the SolarWinds Hack and Possible Policy Responses

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 3/9/2021

The 117th Congress kicked off its First Session with, among other initiatives, oversight hearings on the SolarWinds cyber hack. On February 23, the Senate Intelligence Committee held a hearing on the high profile,...more

SolarWinds Breach – Is My City, County, School District at Risk?

Roetzel & Andress on 12/23/2020

On December 13, 2020 the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced that a compromise of U.S. government systems was associated with the malicious exploit of the IT service management tool SolarWinds Orion. The...more

DHS and Cyber: What Should Companies Expect?

Wiley Rein LLP on 11/17/2020

Megan Brown sits down with one of Wiley’s newest attorneys, Sam Kaplan, former Assistant Secretary for Cyber, Infrastructure, Risk and Resilience Policy at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), to discuss the...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - June 2020

Robinson & Cole LLP on 6/13/2020

Alabama City Hit with Ransomware - On June 5, 2020, Florence, Alabama’s information technology systems were hit with ransomware by the DoppelPaymer group demanding a ransom payment of $378,000 in bitcoin. Mayor Steve Holt...more

DHS Offers Tips for Thwarting Cyber-Scams in the Age of COVID-19

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 3/17/2020

Both employers and individuals continue to receive a barrage of information regarding the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). It is important to remember that during any time of stress, there will be some people with bad...more

Cyberattack Forces Gas Pipeline Shutdown

Morgan Lewis on 2/26/2020

A cyberattack on a single gas compression facility resulted in the shutdown of a natural gas pipeline for two days, according to a recent alert from the US Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure...more

FBI Warns of Retaliatory Cyber-Attack from Iran

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 1/17/2020

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning of a heightened likelihood of Iranian cyber-attacks following the escalation of tension between the U.S. and Iran. This follows the warning last week by the Department of...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - January 2020 #2

Robinson & Cole LLP on 1/10/2020

Department of Homeland Security Warns of Cyber-Attacks by Iran - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a grave warning to U.S. businesses and critical infrastructure operators on January 6, 2020, alerting the...more

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