On March 27, 2024, the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) within the US Department of Homeland Security released a much-anticipated notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to implement the Cyber Incident...more
4/1/2024
/ Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022 (CIRCIA) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Preservation ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Homeland Security Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ,
Information Technology ,
NPRM ,
Proposed Rules ,
Ransomware ,
Regulatory Agenda
On March 6, 2024, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu signed SB 255 into law, making the Granite State the latest to enact a comprehensive privacy law—the 15th state, if you count Florida’s privacy law of narrower...more
On January 16, 2024, Governor Philip D. Murphy signed into law the New Jersey Data Privacy Act (the “Privacy Act”), which goes into effect on January 15, 2025....more
1/24/2024
/ Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Processors ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Information Technology ,
New Jersey ,
New Legislation ,
New Regulations ,
Popular ,
State Data Privacy Laws ,
State Privacy Laws
Background and Summary -
Table On July 26, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued a release (the “Adopting Release”), adopting final rules (the “Final Rules”) aimed at standardizing and...more
On March 9, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced that Blackbaud Inc. (“Blackbaud”) agreed to pay $3 million to settle charges for alleged misleading disclosures about its 2020 ransomware attack and...more
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On March 9, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) released proposed amendments (the “Proposed Amendments”) aimed at enhancing and standardizing disclosure relating to cybersecurity...more
3/15/2022
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Comment Period ,
Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Foreign Private Issuers ,
Form 8-K ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulation S-K ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation
On March 9, 2022, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted 3-1 to propose new rules and amendments under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that would constitute the SEC’s first attempt to adopt specific rules...more
3/11/2022
/ Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
On July 28, 2021, President Biden signed a national security memorandum that seeks to “significantly improve” the cybersecurity of critical infrastructure systems....more