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Wiley Rein LLP

New White House Policy Previews Increased Cybersecurity Oversight and Regulation

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On April 30, 2024 the White House updated the foundational U.S. government policy that defines critical infrastructure (CI) sectors and establishes a coordination structure within the federal government to support owners and...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

NIST Updates AI RMF as Mandated by the White House Executive Order on AI

We have now reached the 180-day mark since the White House Executive Order (EO) on the Safe, Secure and Trustworthy Development of AI and we are seeing a flurry of mandated actions being completed. See here for a summary of...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy Briefs: April 2024

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) is seeking comment on a proposed rule to implement reporting requirements for critical infrastructure entities, including health care entities, on cyberattacks and ransomware...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

NIST Releases Cybersecurity Framework 2.0

The National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) has released NIST Cybersecurity Framework (2.0) (Framework 2.0). NIST released two earlier versions of the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity...more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 Released

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On February 26, 2024, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce, released Version 2.0 of its Cybersecurity Framework (CSF), the first major update since its...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Evolution of the Chinese Hacking Threat: Risks for Government and Industry

On May 24, 2023, Microsoft announced the detection of a direct threat to critical infrastructure organizations in Guam and elsewhere in the United States. The alert attributed observed malicious activity to a state-sponsored...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

CISA, UK NCSC, and 17 Other Countries Issue Landmark Joint Guidelines for Secure AI System Development

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the UK National Cyber Security Centre (UK NCSC), along with partner agencies from 17 nations, have released Guidelines for Secure AI System Development (the...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

President Biden’s AI EO: Key Takeaways for Cybersecurity & Data Privacy

On October 30, 2023, the Biden administration released a far-reaching executive order (EO) on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The EO issues directives related to the use...more

Paul Hastings LLP

White House Passes Sweeping AI Executive Order

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On October 30, 2023, the Biden-Harris Administration unveiled a sweeping Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The Executive Order represents the most...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Biden issues Executive Order on AI

On Monday, President Biden signed an Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence. This Executive Order follows several other AI-related government initiatives, including...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

NIST Issues Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 for public comment

In early August, the National Institute of Standards and Technology released the initial public draft of its Cybersecurity Framework 2.0. The draft is a long-awaited update to a framework that’s been in place for almost 10...more

Perkins Coie

Sector-Based Cybersecurity Requirements for Critical Infrastructure, From Our Water Systems to the Skies

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Following the release of President Biden’s National Cybersecurity Strategy, Acting National Cyber Director Kemba Walden explained that the Biden Administration is “expecting more” from owners and operators in critical...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

NIST Releases Request for Information to Improve Cybersecurity Framework and Supply Chain Risk Management

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently released a Request for Information (RFI) that seeks to gather information to help evaluate and improve cybersecurity resources for the cybersecurity framework...more

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NIST Moves to Update its Cybersecurity Framework, Seeks Public Comment

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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has kicked off the process for revamping its flagship cybersecurity guidance document – the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity (CSF), which...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Cybersecurity and the Electric Grid – New GAO Report Identifies Actions Needed to Address Cybersecurity Risks

The United States Government Accounting Office (GAO) recently issued a report on the cybersecurity risks facing the electric grid. The GAO reviewed the cybersecurity of the electric grid to determine the risks and challenges...more

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Did 2018 Set In Motion Privacy Regulation in the U.S. Landscape? Let's Review

Privacy and data security is constantly evolving and 2018 presented no exception. Let’s take a look back at some of the highlights of this year. Cambridge Analytica (March 2018): Facebook announced that Cambridge Analytica...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

NIST Releases Updated Version Of Its Cybersecurity Framework

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On April 17th, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”), a component of the U.S. Commerce Department, released Version 1.1 of the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

NIST Cybersecurity Framework 1.1: A blueprint for compliance and assurance

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In February 2014 the U.S. National Institute of Standards in Technology (‘NIST’) published the ?rst NIST Cybersecurity Framework, responding to an Executive Order on improving critical infrastructure cybersecurity issued by...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

NIST Issues Energy Sector Asset Management Project

According to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the energy sector relies on industrial control systems assets to “generate, view article transmit, and distribute power and to drill, produce, refine,...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Executive Order on Cybersecurity: Considerations for Business - A fuller picture emerges on how the Trump Administration’s first...

On May 11th, in the wake of a series of wide-ranging cyber breaches and attacks plaguing public and private sectors alike, President Trump signed a long-awaited Executive Order on Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Presidential Executive Order on Cybersecurity: No More Antiquated IT

On May 11, President Donald Trump issued his long-awaited Executive Order on cybersecurity, the ‘‘Presidential Executive Order on Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure.’’ It had been...more

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog

Executive Order 13800 – Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure

President Donald J. Trump signed Executive Order 13800 titled “Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure” on May 11, 2017, his thirty-fifth executive order since taking office. ...more

Dechert LLP

Trump Executive Order Addresses Executive Branch, Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity

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President Donald J. Trump issued an Executive Order on May 11, 2017 aimed at “Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure” (the “Order”). The Order mandates federal governmental review of...more

King & Spalding

President Trump's Executive Order on Cybersecurity

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On May 11, 2017, President Trump signed a long-awaited Executive Order that aims to bolster the cybersecurity of federal networks and critical infrastructure. In an effort to fulfill the President’s promise to get “tough on...more

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Trump’s Cybersecurity Executive Order: Has Anything Really Changed?

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Last week, President Trump signed an executive order (EO) designed to strengthen national cybersecurity and critical infrastructure. The EO focuses on the modernization of the federal information technology (IT) network and...more

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