In May 2021, Colonial Pipeline, a privately held oil pipeline responsible for nearly half of the oil supply for the U.S. East Coast, was crippled by a DarkSide ransomware attack. DarkSide is widely believed to be a...more
3/7/2023
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Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022 (CIRCIA) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Management ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Information Technology ,
New Legislation ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Reporting Requirements
Over the last several months, a minority of states amended their data breach notification statutes or enacted sector-specific breach notification requirements. ...more
10/19/2021
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Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Hackers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HITECH Act ,
Information Technology ,
NAIC ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
State and Local Government ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes
The CISA, FBI and HHS have issued an alert (https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/alerts/aa20-302a) regarding an imminent threat to hospitals and health care providers. Federal agencies have credible information to suggest that a...more
10/30/2020
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Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
FBI ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Homeland Security Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ,
Information Technology ,
Malware ,
Risk Management ,
Vulnerability Assessments