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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - October 2021 #2

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CYBERSECURITY - Apple + Microsoft Release Patches for Identified Vulnerabilities - This week, both Apple and Microsoft issued patches to fix serious zeroday vulnerabilities that should be applied as soon as possible. That...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - September 2021 #3

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CYBERSECURITY - FBI, CISA + NSA Issue Conti Ransomware Advisory - On September 22, 2021, the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the National Security...more

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NYC Council Passes Data Privacy Bill That Would Impose Rigorous Requirements On Owners Of “Smart Access” Buildings

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As we noted in our last post, there has been a flurry of data privacy and security activity in New York, with the State appearing poised to join California as a leader in this space. Most recently, on April 29, 2021, the New...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - September 2018 #4

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The State of California is once again leading the way with trying to keep up with technology and protecting consumers. Senate Bill 327 requires Internet of Things (IoT) developers to implement “reasonable security features”...more

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Biometrics & Blockchain in the Workplace: A Primer

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Information is everywhere, especially in the workplace. But traditional means of securing and sharing data—which typically involve accessing password protected information from various sources—is inefficient, cumbersome, and...more

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Do You Have “Security Fatigue”?

Every day it seems a new data security breach has occurred, a new “cyber hack” is in the news…making us run to our phones, computers, bank accounts, you name it, to see if we could be the “one” affected. As a result, more and...more

BakerHostetler

Moving Beyond Passwords – Does Your Face Raise Privacy Concerns?

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Phishing attacks continue to be the root cause of a considerable number of data breaches. Typically, these incidents occur when employees are enticed into giving up their login credentials in response to a cleverly designed,...more

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Six Ways to Improve Cybersecurity Policies and Procedures

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The SEC has declared cybersecurity to be an examination priority for financial institutions (i.e., broker-dealers, investment advisers, and registered investment companies) in each of the past four years. While the SEC’s...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

A Selfie’s Worth a Thousand Dollars

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A picture might be worth a thousand words, but could it also be worth a thousand dollars? New technology by MasterCard and Amazon may mean that the new hammock you’ve been eying online is only a camera flash away....more

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Password authentications should become more obsolete

The username/password method of authentication is dying, albeit slower than many of us would like. In 2016, we should see a continued trend of replacing password authentication as the primary method for navigating through...more

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District Court Rules That Smartphone Passcodes Are Testimonial; Protected by Fifth Amendment

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In Securities and Exchange Commission v. Huang, the district court held that the Fifth Amendment protected two former employees against having to disclose their personal passcodes for company-issued smartphones to government...more

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State Law Roundup: Legislatures Across the U.S. Revamp Data Breach Notification Laws

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As the number of highly publicized data breaches continues to skyrocket and proposals for a federal data breach notification law stagnate, state legislatures around the country have been busy amending their own breach...more

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Is the Password Finally Dead? Fernando Corbató Hopes So.

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As noted in a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, although his impact on our daily lives arguably rivals that of Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and other giants in the computer industry, the name Fernando Corbató remains...more

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