On September 4, 2018, the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) announced that it would begin a collaborative process to develop a new Privacy Framework. Modeled on the agency’s Framework for Improving...more
On February 14, 2018, the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit of the Committee on Financial Services held a hearing entitled “Examining the Current Data Security and Breach...more
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
As Governor Terry McAuliffe (D-VA) completed his term as Chair of the National Governors Association, he announced on July 14, 2017, that 38 governors had signed a compact to improve state cybersecurity. The compact was 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 Tuesday, February 14, 2017, the United Kingdom officially opened its National Cyber Security Centre (“NCSC”). The NCSC, which got off the ground starting last October, will be part of the Government Communications...more
On Tuesday, January 24, 2017, U.S. Representatives Ted Lieu (D-CA) and Joe Wilson (R-SC) introduced the Security and Privacy in Your Car Study Act of 2017. The bill, H.R. 701, directs the National Highway Traffic Safety...more
On December 1, 2016, the Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity issued its final report with a series of recommendations for the incoming administration on strengthening the country’s cybersecurity. As explained...more
On November 2, 2016, Judge Rosemary Collyer of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed a class action cybersecurity lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for lack of standing and failure...more
On Thursday, October 20, the Federal Reserve, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation jointly issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking, requesting comments on...more
On Tuesday, September 13, 2016, the New York Department of Financial Services unveiled new proposed cybersecurity regulations aimed at banks, insurers, and financial services companies, imposing a host of obligations on these...more