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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - May 2024 #2

Robinson & Cole LLP on 5/10/2024

CYBERSECURITY - Health Care Entities Continue to Get Pummeled by Cybersecurity Attacks - The newest health care entity to be hit by a cyberattack is Ascension Health, which operates 140 hospitals and 40 assisted living...more

Privacy Briefs: July 2023

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 7/17/2023

A former hospital worker in Arizona was sentenced to 54 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution after pleading guilty to two felony counts involving identity theft and health information disclosure. In the plea deal,...more

Privacy Briefs: May 2023

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 5/12/2023

Five former Memphis-based hospital employees and another man have pled guilty to unlawfully disclosing patient information in violation of HIPAA, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee Kevin Ritz announced....more

Do Business With the Federal Government? Here’s a 2022 Cybersecurity Recap: Part Four - Cybersecurity Federal Acquisition...

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 1/25/2023

The federal government has continued its efforts to fulfill the requirements set forth in Executive Order 14028, Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity. For companies that do business with the Federal government, beyond looking...more

NRC Provides Details on ‘Information-Sharing Agreements’ for CUI

Morgan Lewis - Up & Atom on 12/21/2022

On December 8, the NRC issued Regulatory Issue Summary (RIS) 2022-03 detailing its plans regarding the use of “Information-Sharing Agreements” to share controlled unclassified information (CUI) with non-executive branch...more

U.S. Government Details Prolonged Cyber Scheme by Russian State Actors Targeting the Energy Sector

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 4/26/2022

Last month, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued a joint advisory providing “information on multiple...more

Funds and asset management regulatory news, November 2020

Hogan Lovells on 11/10/2020

COVID-19: EFAMA updates cyber-prevention standards for investment management companies - The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) has published a document updating the International Investment Funds...more

CISA’s Critical Infrastructure Workforce Guidance: Focus On Construction

Fox Rothschild LLP on 4/27/2020

On April 17, 2020, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued two new documents that clarify, in language specific to related industries and sectors, the extent to which...more

Belonging, Connection, and Inclusion Amid COVID-19

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 4/16/2020

In a short span of time, we have gone from thinking about the virus as a distant concern to working remotely from home as we have been asked to help flatten the curve by social distancing. We are daily bombarded with news and...more

“Essential Critical Workforce” Guidance for the Real Estate Industry, Specifically for Commercial Landlords Amid the COVID-19...

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 3/27/2020

Seyfarth Synopsis: As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread and affect our lives and businesses across the U.S., we are continually following the latest updates and providing insight. ...more

Frequency and Cost of Insider Threats Continue to Increase

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 2/11/2020

The Ponemon Institute recently issued its 2020 Cost of insider Threats Global Report, which finds that the frequency and cost of insider threats is continued to increase. Sponsored by ObserveIT and IBM, the 2020 report is the...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

California AG Releases Proposed CCPA Regulations

Hogan Lovells on 10/14/2019

On October 10, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra (CA AG) released proposed regulations to implement certain provisions of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The CA AG also released a Notice of Proposed...more

California AG Releases Proposed CCPA Regulations

Ballard Spahr LLP on 10/11/2019

The California Attorney General’s Office released its long-awaited proposed CCPA Regulations yesterday. The proposed Regulations are 24 pages long, and address a number of important technical compliance issues including...more

Proposed Amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act May Limit Scope of the Act

Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/16/2019

Following the speedy enactment of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA or Act) in June 2018, business and consumer advocates alike have been pressuring California lawmakers to clarify the many ambiguities raised by the...more

CISA’s Failure May Come to Haunt the Technology Industry

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 2/25/2019

The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA) was intended to incentivize private entities to share threat intelligence information with the federal government (specifically the Department of Homeland Security),...more

Grid Electrification: Addressing Cybersecurity Threats and Mitigating Risk in the Renewable Energy Era - ABA Forum

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 1/16/2019

Technology and the critical infrastructure that support our personal pursuits and business operations are ripe targets for cyberattacks. In particular, the electrical grid that transmits electricity from its point of...more

Security of Critical Infrastructure Relies on Businesses to Build Resilience

White and Williams LLP on 10/26/2018

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently made “strengthening risk management and prioritization of cyber and physical threats and hazards” a national priority. Similarly, this week’s theme for National Cyber...more

National Cyber Strategy Aims to Deter through Strength; Collaborate with Private Sector to Secure Cyberspace

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 9/27/2018

Late last week the White House released its National Cyber Strategy, setting forth its approach to protecting U.S. critical infrastructure from global cyber threats. The National Cyber Strategy builds off of Executive Order...more

New cybersecurity threats with potential to impact health care industry identified

Bricker Graydon LLP on 1/5/2018

On January 4, 2018, the National Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (NH-ISAC) posted an announcement regarding the cybersecurity threats Meltdown and Spectre that were recently identified....more

Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update Vol. 14

Jones Day on 6/5/2017

New York Attorney General Announces Record Number of Data Breach Notices in 2016 - On March 21, 2017, the New York Attorney General's Office announced that it received 1,300 reported data breaches in 2016—a 60 percent...more

Privacy Tip #87 – “Share with Care”

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 5/15/2017

This week (May 8-12, 2017) is Privacy Awareness Week—an annual initiative of the Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities Forum (APPA) that concentrates on sharing information about privacy practices and rules....more

Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update Vol. 13

Jones Day on 3/15/2017

On December 28, 2016, the New York Department of Financial Services ("DFS") released a revised version of a proposed regulation that would require banks, insurance companies, and other financial services institutions...more

Fenwick Privacy Bulletin - Fall 2016

Fenwick & West LLP on 10/25/2016

Privacy Shield – An Early Reflection - EU law generally prohibits the transfer of personal data from the European Economic Area to the U.S., unless the transfer is made in accordance with an authorized data transfer...more

Potential Risks and Rewards of Cybersecurity Information Sharing Under CISA

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 7/22/2016

When President Obama signed into law the Cybersecurity Act of 2015, which was designed to facilitate information sharing on cybersecurity threats between the public and private sectors, proponents hailed it as “our best...more

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