Today the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes into effect, ending the data protection landscape as we know it. This comprehensive privacy law applies directly to the 28 EU countries and companies established in...more
5/25/2018
/ Cybersecurity ,
Data Processors ,
Data Protection ,
EU ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Management
President Trump recently signed the Presidential Executive Order on Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure. The Order sets forth the Trump Administration's policy for cybersecurity of...more
5/18/2017
/ Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
Executive Orders ,
Hackers ,
Popular ,
Risk Management ,
Trump Administration
Three federal banking agencies have announced plans to develop new rules that would establish cyber risk management and resiliency standards for large interconnected entities under the agencies' supervision, as well as those...more
10/21/2016
/ Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
FFIEC ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Hackers ,
Handbooks ,
Incident Response Plans ,
OCC ,
Risk Management
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 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
/ Binding Corporate Rules ,
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
/ Advocate General ,
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