Just over a year ago, the White House issued its long-awaited National Cybersecurity Strategy, with an emphasis on defending Critical Infrastructure, promoting public and private collaboration, and safeguarding...more
4/23/2024
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Two months ago, the White House released its National Cybersecurity Strategy. Since then, various government agencies have issued new cybersecurity guidance for certain critical infrastructure subsectors. For example, the...more
5/16/2023
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Cooperative Compliance Regime ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cyber Attacks ,
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Data Protection ,
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Hackers ,
National Security ,
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Regulatory Reform ,
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Water Management
On March 29, 2022, federal banking regulators issued important guidance for how banking organizations can comply with the upcoming requirement to notify regulators within 36 hours of ransomware or other disruptive...more
4/1/2022
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Cyber Incident Reporting ,
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FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
New Guidance ,
OCC ,
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Ransomware ,
Regulatory Requirements
On July 25, 2019, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act (the “SHIELD Act”), making key changes to New York’s data breach notification and cybersecurity laws....more
7/30/2019
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State Data Breach Notification Statutes
Taking affirmative steps to protect sensitive IT information from disclosure during litigation is critical prior to, during and after cybersecurity incidents. Counsel and IT professionals can apply recent commentary from the...more
Since 2010, Massachusetts has required organizations that collect personal data about Massachusetts residents to implement a comprehensive written information security program (“WISP”) designed to avoid and respond to data...more