NIST, Critical Infrastructure Sectors

REGULATORY: FERC: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Bulk Electric System Cyber Security Standards

by King & Spalding on 5/8/2013

On April 18, 2013, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (the “NOPR”) stating that it intends to approve Version 5 of the Critical Infrastructure Protection (“CIP”)...more

NIST Holds First Workshop on Executive Order Cybersecurity Framework

by Michael Baader, Jamie Barnett, Dismas Locaria, Anthony Rosso, Sejal Shah, Jason Wool, Brian Zimmet | Venable LLP on 4/11/2013

On April 3, 2013, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) held a workshop at the Department of Commerce in which it offered a sneak preview of the Cybersecurity Framework required under the recently-issued...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

Business News Digest – March 2013

In this issue: - Executive Order Opens Consultative Processes to Draft Cybersecurity Framework for Critical Infrastructure - Maryland Cybersecurity-Related Legislative Developments - NIST Seeking...more

NIST Requests Information Regarding Cybersecurity Framework

by BuckleySandler LLP on 3/7/2013

On February 26, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), issued a request for information to begin developing the “Cybersecurity Framework” required by a recent executive order directing NIST to develop a...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

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update: NIST Issues Request for Information on Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Practices

by John Beahn, Antoinette Bush, Joshua Gruenspecht, Stuart D. Levi, Ivan A. Schlager | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 3/5/2013

On February 26, following close on the heels of the recent executive order setting forth the administration’s approach to the regulation of critical infrastructure network security, the National Institute of Standards and...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

Executive Order Begins Process Of Strengthening Nation’s Cybersecurity And Critical Infrastructure

by Sharon Klein, Jeffrey Vagle | Pepper Hamilton LLP on 2/22/2013

During his State of the Union address on February 12, 2013, President Barack Obama announced his signing of a long-anticipated Executive Order on cybersecurity. After months of discussions with technology companies the...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

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

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REGULATORY: FERC: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Bulk Electric System Cyber Security Standards

NIST Holds First Workshop on Executive Order Cybersecurity Framework

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

Business News Digest – March 2013

NIST Requests Information Regarding Cybersecurity Framework

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

DataGuidance: Cynthia Larose on Cybersecurity Framework

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update: NIST Issues Request for Information on Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Practices

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

Executive Order Begins Process Of Strengthening Nation’s Cybersecurity And Critical Infrastructure

New FAR Rules Likely For "Critical Infrastructure" Contractors

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

President Obama Issues Executive Order On Cybersecurity

How to Respond to President Obama's Cybersecurity Executive Order [Video]

President Obama Issues Executive Order on Cybersecurity

Summary of Executive Order On Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity

President Obama Issues New Executive Order on Improving Cybersecurity

Executive Order Opens Consultative Processes to Draft Cybersecurity Framework for Critical Infrastructure

Addressing the Cyber Threat: Cybersecurity Executive Order Issued and CISPA Introduced

White House Issues Cybersecurity Executive Order

President Obama’s Cybersecurity Executive Order and What it Means For Your Organization

How to Respond to President Obama's Cybersecurity Executive Order [Video]

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