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Strengthening American Cybersecurity Act of 2022

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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

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“Log4Shell” Vulnerability Has Potential to Compromise Millions of Devices

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Cybersecurity experts around the world are scrambling to sound the alarm about a newly discovered security vulnerability that could be used by attackers to easily infiltrate computer systems. The vulnerability is found in...more

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US Government’s Cloud Expansion Continues

As discussed in a post from last month, annual spending worldwide on cloud services continues to rise with an expected increase up to $332 billion by the end of 2021, which is an increase from $270 billion in 2020. While the...more

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Biden Budget Targets Cybersecurity Improvements

As discussed in a post from earlier this week, President Joseph Biden issued an executive order on May 12, 2021 to improve the nation’s cybersecurity. The White House has put its proverbial money where its mouth is by...more

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President Biden Issues Cybersecurity Order Impacting Federal Contractors

Beyond causing long lines and shortages at the gas pump, the cyberattack on the Colonial Pipeline this month may have important implications for federal contractors. As part of the federal government’s response, President Joe...more

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Financial Daily Dose 5.10.2021 | Top Story: Ransomware Attack Prompts Closure of Key U.S. Pipeline

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A cyberattack over the weekend forced the shutdown of one of America’s largest pipelines for refined gas and jet fuel. Operator Colonial Pipeline revealed late Friday that it had “shut down its 5,500 miles of pipeline, which...more

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[Virtual Event] U.S. Export & Reexport Compliance For Canadian Operations - January 26th - 27th, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm EST

For a whole decade, ACI’s U.S. Export & Reexport Compliance for Canadian Operations conference continues to stand apart as the only practical, comprehensive event of its kind for the export compliance community in Canada. ...more

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Contract Corner: Basics of Uptime Commitment in Cloud Service Level Agreements

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In cloud services, whether it is infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), or software as a service (SaaS), service availability is often a significant customer concern because the customer is relying...more

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Recent Developments in Chinese Cybersecurity and Information Technology Regulations

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The Chinese government has recently issued a flurry of regulations and standards, several in draft form for public comment, to implement the Cybersecurity Law. These mostly reflect a lengthy policy development process...more

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Evolving landscape for international cloud providers in China: why US technology giants are pairing up with local partners

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Foreign investment in cloud services is heavily restricted in China. For years, international cloud operators have been struggling to identify structures that address regulatory concerns, but at the same time enable a service...more

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Chinese walls? Germany reinforces the control of foreign investments

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On 12 July 2017, the German Federal Government significantly reinforced the barriers for the acquisition of German companies by non-EU companies. The new Regulation for the Amendment of the Foreign Trade and Payments...more

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German Federal IT Committee Issues New Restrictions for Cloud Service Providers

Last month the German Federal Government IT Advisory Committee ("Federal IT Committee") issued new cloud computing service criteria for all prospective vendors to German Federal Agencies. Cloud services providers who offer,...more

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Washington Insight - June 2013

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In This Issue: - King & Spalding Partners Address Political Intelligence Industry - On the Politics of Immigration Reform - Appropriations and Sequester – Laying Down Markers - The Congressional Appropriations...more

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