CyberSide Chats: Yes, you needed a cyber attorney a long time ago (with Erik Weinick)
Reducing Cybersecurity Burdens with a Customized Data Breach Workflow
The landscape for preventing, responding to, and avoiding the fines and other costs associated with data breaches has changed in the last three years. Since the beginning of the pandemic, data breaches have been on the rise...more
There’s no denying that data breaches are a major concern for organizations of all sizes, 2021 saw 1,860 data breaches occur (a record high), and 81% of those involved sensitive information like social security numbers and...more
Vendor-caused incidents continued to surge in 2021. Nearly 20 percent of the total incidents we handled last year were caused by vendors, with more than half requiring notification....more
In an opinion released on March 10, 2022, California Attorney General Rob Bonta addressed the applicability of the “right to know” under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) (pdf) to internal inferences that...more
A data breach can be the result of a cyber/ransomware attack or an honest mistake. Either way, the potential impact of compromised data is huge. This impact can be financial (in the form of fines) and reputational (by...more
The Strengthening American Cybersecurity Act of 2022, a bill that narrowly failed to become law last year, was passed in the Senate on Tuesday, March 1 as a package of cybersecurity measures that would require operators of...more
This webinar is intended for eDiscovery professionals interested in the overlap between data privacy and eDiscovery capabilities, workflows and use cases. The tools to tackle the protection of personal data already exist...more
The retention of prolific sensitive, personal electronic information has essentially become a responsibility inherent in the conduct of modern business. From the maintenance of medical records by a healthcare provider to the...more
Jerich Beason is joined by Erik Weinick. Erik's experience includes privacy, cybersecurity, bankruptcy, commercial torts, defamation/slander, regulatory to name a few. He is also the co-founder of Otterburg’s Privacy &...more
Companies and consumers alike are under perpetual assault from bad actors as IoT, work from home, and cloud migration – all intended to improve productivity – have expanded the cyber attack surface. The continually evolving...more
Faced with the resurgence of cyberattacks in our newfound era of dependence on teleworking, our team is primed to guide you through the fraught aftermath of a cyber attack: Our team will discuss: - how to come back to the...more
Report on Patient Privacy 20, no. 11 (November 2020) - In her 14-plus years of investigating and blogging about hacking and breaches, “Dissent” has been yelled at, threatened with lawsuits and accused of being a criminal....more
We are all facing new challenges in this pandemic, including the shift to and growth of remote-work. Meanwhile, we also have to contend with the increased volume of attempted cyberattacks. Despite the distraction of the...more
Ransomware attacks on municipalities were on the rise in 2019, with two-thirds of known ransomware attacks in the United States targeting governments, and the trend is expected to continue for 2020. It is important for...more
In the aftermath of Equifax’s data breach, a federal court recently found that allegations of poor cybersecurity coupled with misleading statements supported a proper cause of action. In its decision, the U.S. District Court...more
South Carolina now has specific breach and security requirements for insurance companies. The law applies to those licensed under the state’s insurance laws and went into effect January 1. Under the law, companies must tell...more
Start-up companies know that, when potential investors kick the tires, they will look carefully at the company’s business model and IP portfolio. These days, investors are also likely to look at whether the company is in...more
On August 7, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released its latest cybersecurity risk alert, detailing findings from the examination of 75 broker-dealers, investment advisers and investment companies carried...more
Should businesses be thought of as victims or bad actors when it comes to data breaches? State attorneys general are embracing the idea that businesses are not necessarily adversaries in the struggle to protect sensitive...more
The White House has made a step toward implementing in federal agencies some breach response best practices currently used in the private sector. On Jan. 3, the White House issued a memorandum (Memo) updating for the first...more
On October 14, 2015, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Cybersecurity Task Force adopted the Cybersecurity Bill of Rights, a document meant to inform consumers of the services they can expect from...more
For the first Tuesday in November, we have 10 easy steps to make sure that your data breach incident response planning is viewed from that pesky point of view of a litigator....more
The CFTC recently approved the National Futures Association’s interpretive notice (the “Cybersecurity Notice”) on the general requirements that members should implement for their information systems security programs...more
A timely new resource for business executives, technology professionals, and lawyers alike is the newly-published Navigating the Digital Age: The Definitive Cybersecurity Guide for Directors and Officers from the New York...more
Results from the SEC’s First Round of Cybersecurity Examinations - On February 3, 2015, the OCIE published a risk alert summarizing its findings from its examinations of over 100 registered investment advisers and...more