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In November 2023, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) issued its second amendment to its "Cybersecurity Requirements for Financial Services Companies (the Cybersecurity Regulation or Part 500). This was the...more
Covered entities regulated by the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) must submit cybersecurity compliance forms by April 15, 2025. New sets of requirements for system monitoring and access privileges,...more
As we previously reported, in 2023 the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) amended its cybersecurity regulation, 23 NYCRR 500 (or Part 500). As of November 1, 2024, Class A Companies and Covered Entities...more
On February 27, NYDFS reminded covered entities subject to the Cybersecurity Regulation to submit their annual compliance notifications for the 2024 calendar year. Covered entities must submit the compliance filing by April...more
Proposed cybersecurity regulation may face changes or challenges in view of the incoming Trump administration that is intent on reducing the perceived regulatory burden on American companies and streamlining government...more
On October 16, 2024, the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) issued an industry letter providing guidance on how DFS-regulated entities (covered entities) should be evaluating and responding to artificial...more
A significant shift in cybersecurity compliance is on the horizon, and businesses need to prepare. Starting in 2024, organizations will face new requirements to report cybersecurity incidents and ransomware payments to the...more
On May 16, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the adoption of amendments to Regulation S-P (Reg S-P), which broadly track the changes originally proposed in March 2023. The revised Reg S-P requires...more
On April 4, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency published a notice of proposed rulemaking setting out mandatory reporting requirements for covered entities that experience cybersecurity incidents or make...more
On April 4, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published its much-anticipated Notice of Proposed Rule Making for the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act (CIRCIA)....more
CISA's proposed rules will require organizations operating in U.S. critical infrastructure sectors to report cyber incidents within 72 hours and ransom payments within 24 hours. ...more
Most businesses in the United States will have to file incident reports—including for ransomware payments—under the Proposed Rule. The Department of Homeland Security has the authority to issue subpoenas and even penalties...more
On March 15, 2022, the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022 was signed into law. Generally, CIRCIA requires “covered entities,” defined as entities in certain critical infrastructure sectors, to...more
A sweeping array of businesses are another step closer to requirements to report cybersecurity incidents and ransomware payments to the federal government. On April 4, 2024, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS)...more
On March 27, 2024, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), an operational component of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), posted for public inspection its long-anticipated notice of proposed...more
On November 1, 2023, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) adopted amendments to its Cybersecurity Regulation, 23 NYCRR Part 500 (Cybersecurity Regulation). This is the second amendment (Amendment) to its...more
New reporting obligations for covered entities under New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) Part 500 Cybersecurity Regulations went into effect on December 1, 2023. These new requirements are one portion of the...more
On Nov. 9, 2022, the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) published a proposed second amendment to its cybersecurity regulation. This follows its pre-proposed amendment that was published on July 29. ...more
President Biden signed into law the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022 (CIRCIA) on March 15, 2022. The background and contours of CIRCIA are discussed in a previous update. CIRCIA authorizes and...more
On July 29, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) released Draft Amendments to its Part 500 Cybersecurity Rules that include a number of significant amendments to the rules, including notification...more
The Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act (“CIRCIA” or “the Act”) is a new federal law, adopted in March 2022, which requires critical infrastructure entities to report certain cybersecurity incidents and...more
President Biden recently signed into law the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022 as a part of a larger omnibus appropriations bill. The new law sets out mandatory reporting requirements for...more
The Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022 ("the Act") was signed into law by the President on March 15, 2022, as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act. The purpose of the Act is to educate...more
On March 1st, the United States Senate passed a historic cybersecurity bill with bipartisan and unanimous support. This bill impacts operators of federal infrastructure and federal civilian agencies. The Strengthening...more
Every year, we remind our readers that the HIPAA data breach notification regulations require covered entities to notify the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of any reportable data breaches that involved fewer than 500...more