Businesses have been scrambling since Friday evening when news spread that a ransomware attack named WannaCry is compromising organizations at an alarming rate. In less than 48 hours, it has compromised more than 130,000...more
As a life sciences or medical device company, it is mission critical to protect lab books, drug and clinical test data, product formulas and production processes that underlie your patents, trade secrets and know-how from...more
4/4/2017
/ Biotechnology ,
Confidential Information ,
Corporate Officers ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach Plans ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Incident Response Plans ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Life Sciences ,
Medical Devices ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Popular ,
Trade Secrets
A recent study by a well-known information security company captures one of the most common information security fallacies: that information security is a technology problem. Most businesses view mitigating information...more
As recent noteworthy attacks have shown, no health care organization or provider is safe from ransomware threats, and the results of an attack can be devastating. Ransomware is a virus which limits or eliminates access to...more
5/26/2016
/ Cyber Attacks ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Email ,
Employee Training ,
Hackers ,
Health Care Providers ,
Hospitals ,
Phishing Scams ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Social Media ,
Websites
On February 29, 2016, the European Commission released the full text of the new EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework that will govern the transfer of personal data between the European Union and the United States. The EU and U.S....more
3/3/2016
/ Article 29 Working Party (WP29) ,
Data Protection Authority ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Commission ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
Surveillance ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
This past Friday the 13th was not a lucky day for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). An Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) dismissed the FTC’s data security enforcement proceeding against LabMD on the grounds that the FTC failed...more
Highlights Areas of High Risk and Examination Priorities for Financial Industry Firms -
On September 15, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) Office of Compliance, Inspections and Examinations (OCIE),...more
10/8/2015
/ Broker-Dealer ,
Cease and Desist Orders ,
Corporate Governance ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Cyber Insurance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Breach Plans ,
Data Loss Prevention ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Encryption ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Hackers ,
Identity Theft ,
Neither Admit Nor Deny Settlements ,
OCIE ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Registered Investment Advisors ,
Risk Alert ,
Sanctions ,
SEC Examination Priorities ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Security Risk Assessments ,
Training ,
Unauthorized Access ,
Vendors
On October 6, 2015, the European Court of Justice — Europe’s highest court — invalidated the Safe Harbor agreement and framework that has permitted more than 4,000 companies to transfer personal data from the EU to the U.S....more
10/7/2015
/ Binding Corporate Rules ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection Authority ,
Data Security ,
EU ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
European Commission ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
Facebook ,
International Data Transfers ,
National Security Agency (NSA) ,
Personal Data ,
Prior Express Consent ,
PRISM Program ,
SCC ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework