On August 22, 2017, the President’s National Infrastructure Advisory Council (“NIAC”) issued a Report on securing critical U.S. infrastructure against cyber-attacks. The Report states that the U.S. is underprepared for the...more
On June 15, 2017, the U.S. House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (the “Committee”) held a hearing on the recent WannaCry ransomware attack. The hearing was convened jointly by the Subcommittee on Oversight and...more
On July 11, 2016, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) published new guidance on the how HIPAA applies to ransomware prevention and attacks. Specifically, the guidance lays out...more