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New York’s Department of Financial Services Moves to Further Bolster Cybersecurity Requirements

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The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) has been increasingly active in enforcing the rigorous cybersecurity requirements imposed on “covered entities” under 11 NYCRR Part 500 (Reg 500). DFS has published an...more

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DFS Provides Framework For Cybersecurity Risk

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On February 4, 2021, New York’s Department of Financial Services (DFS) issued Insurance Circular Letter No. 2, which builds on the robust cybersecurity regulation provided in its 2017 Cybersecurity Regulation (23 NYCRR 500)....more

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Insights for Insurers

New NYS DFS Cyber Insurance Risk Framework Warns Against Ransom Payments, Includes Notice to Law Enforcement Policy Requirement

The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has issued guidance imposing rigorous cyber risk measurement and management practices on NY-regulated property/casualty insurers that write cyber insurance. The...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Consumer Crossroads

New York State DFS Urges Financial Institutions to Consider and Prepare for Impact of Climate Change

Having sent a similar letter to New York's domestic and foreign insurance companies, the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) issued a letter on October 29, 2020 explicitly calling on its regulated financial...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

New York DFS Issues Guidance and Request for Plans Related to COVID-19

The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) recently issued Circular No. 5 that requires every regulated insurance entity to submit its plans to address the operational risk and identify, monitor and manage the...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

New York Department of Financial Services opens investigation into Facebook advertisers

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Only a few months have passed since the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development filed a charge of discrimination against Facebook, alleging that the ad-targeting techniques used to determine which users would see...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

New York’s AG Enters the Cryptocurrency Ring as Federal, State Authorities Find Regulatory Footing

On April 17, 2018, the New York State Attorney General (“NYAG”) sent a “Virtual Markets Integrity Initiative Questionnaire” to 13 companies operating virtual currency trading platforms. The questionnaire consists of 34...more

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NY DFS Regulation: Certify Your Compliance by February 15 and Assess Your Risk by March 1

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The New York Department of Financial Services' (DFS) cybersecurity regulation (DFS Regulation), which took effect on March 1, 2017, imposes significant requirements on financial services companies doing business in New York....more

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National Association of Insurance Commissioners Issues Insurance Data Security Model Law

• NAIC recently adopted an Insurance Data Security Model Law that follows the risk assessment-based approach of the New York DFS Cybersecurity Regulation. This signals the growing influence of the New York Regulation,...more

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Deadline to Comply with New York's Cybersecurity Regulation Is Approaching

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For entities regulated by the New York Department of Financial Services, the deadline for complying with the new Cybersecurity Requirements for Financial Services Companies, 23 NYCRR Part 500, is Monday, August 28, 2017. To...more

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Are You Ready for the New York August 28th Compliance Deadline?  

If you are one of the many businesses licensed by the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS), and cannot avail yourself of the (very) limited exemptions, you must be ready for the first compliance transition date for...more

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And So It Begins: The First DFS Transition Period Comes to an End August 28

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In September 2016, the New York Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) introduced the first draft of its cybersecurity regulation, which is now in a position to lead a new trend in industry-specific cybersecurity...more

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New York DFS Finalized Cybersecurity Regulations Go Into Effect March 1, 2017

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On February 16, 2017, the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) announced the final version of the “first-of-its-kind” cybersecurity regulations governing financial institutions, insurance companies, and other...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

New York State Department of Financial Services Cybersecurity Regulation Poised to Reshape Existing Regulatory Landscape

In late December, New York State’s Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) released its revised proposed cybersecurity regulation (the “DFS Rule”). While the revisions pare back some of the DFS Rule’s original requirements...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Rock and a Hard Place: Banks In Search of Compliance Amid Diverging Regulatory Regimes

Last year was the first that national banks and federal savings associations subject to supervision by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) were armed with a sense of the agency’s regulatory expectations when...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

New York State Department of Financial Services Modifies Proposed Cybersecurity Regulations and Pushes Implementation Date Back to...

On Dec. 28, 2016, the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) published a revised version of its “Cybersecurity Requirements for Financial Services Companies” (the “Regulations”). The revised Regulations...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

DFS Cyber Regulation: Part II – An Interview with Bay Dynamics’ Steven Grossman

This is the second installment in our interview with Steven Grossman, VP Strategy & Enablement at Bay Dynamics, the cyber risk analytics company. Here, Steven discusses the importance of aligning an institution’s risk...more

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New York and Feds Leading the Charge on Financial Institution Cybersecurity Regulations

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Both federal and state officials recently proposed new regulations aimed at the financial sector in an effort to promote protection against high-impact technology failures and cyberattacks...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

New York DFS Proposes New Cybersecurity Regulations

Earlier this month, the New York State Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) announced proposed cybersecurity regulations for financial institutions. This proposal is, according to Governor Cuomo, a “new...more

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