The Bank for International Settlement (BIS) Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) last week issued the first internationally agreed-upon...more
7/7/2016
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Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructure (CPMI) ,
Corporate Governance ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Markets ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
IOSCO ,
New Guidance ,
Risk Management
Powered in part by the growing use of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies, cybersecurity has surged to become one of the leading concerns for global manufacturers, according to a recently released study....more
President Obama's Cybersecurity National Action Plan (CNAP), a comprehensive plan to address the nation's cybersecurity challenges through increased funding, a more robust cybersecurity workforce, and education initiatives,...more
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have released Interim Guidance Documents (Guidance Documents) to implement the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA). The Act...more
The Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) most recent draft guidance focuses on cybersecurity in postmarket medical devices and makes recommendations for identifying, assessing, and responding to cybersecurity vulnerabilities....more
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has held that the EU Commission's decision establishing the Safe Harbor data transfer framework is invalid because the Commission failed to determine that the protection...more
10/8/2015
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection Authority ,
Edward Snowden ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
European Commission ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
Facebook ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Ireland ,
National Security ,
National Security Agency (NSA) ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Laws ,
Right to Privacy ,
Safe Harbors ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
In a landmark decision that threatens to undo the process by which American companies handle personal data flowing from the European Union, the Advocate General (AG) of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued an advisory...more
10/1/2015
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Better Business Bureau ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Data Transfers ,
Edward Snowden ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
Facebook ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
National Security Agency (NSA) ,
Personal Data ,
PRISM Program ,
Safe Harbors ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
In 2013 alone, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT) responded to more than 256 cyber-incident reports—more than half of them in the energy...more
8/24/2015
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Automotive Industry ,
C-Suite Executives ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Energy Sector ,
Hackers ,
Information Technology ,
Internet ,
Manufacturers ,
NIST ,
Oil & Gas ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Popular ,
Transportation Corridor ,
Wastewater ,
Water
The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced the largest coordinated international law enforcement effort ever directed at an online cyber-criminal forum. Financial institutions and other companies should consider...more
7/24/2015
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Criminal Prosecution ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
FBI ,
Financial Institutions ,
Hackers ,
Malware ,
New Guidance ,
NIST
The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) recently issued a report identifying common cybersecurity issues and concerns caused by the failure of some banks to sufficiently manage vulnerabilities posed by...more
The Food and Drug Administration’s recent guidance on mobile medical applications illustrates the FDA’s growing efforts to combat emerging cybersecurity issues that affect patient safety. The guidance, issued in February...more
With the news of the breach of security at Anthem health plans, many employers have been wondering whether their employees are affected and how they should respond. The breach extends to members in Anthem-affiliated plans and...more
The recently released Federal Trade Commission staff report, Internet of Things: Privacy & Security in a Connected World, provides companies with insight into the FTC's consumer privacy and data security expectations for the...more
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is proposing an "overhaul [of] New York's data security law [that would] require new and unprecedented safeguards for the personal data of consumers." The proposal would create new...more
During his recent State of the Union address, President Obama called on Congress “to finally pass the legislation we need to better meet the evolving threat of cyber attacks, combat identity theft, and protect our children’s...more
In a recent advisory, the Research and Education Networking Information Sharing and Analysis Center (REN-ISAC) warned higher education institutions about sophisticated phishing attacks that target faculty and staff...more
A small private cybersecurity firm recently revealed that a Russian computer hacking organization amassed more than 1.2 billion username and password combinations. The data was collected across a wide swath of websites, from...more