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The BR International Trade Report: January 2025

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Welcome to this month’s issue of The BR International Trade Report, Blank Rome’s monthly digital newsletter highlighting international trade, sanctions, cross-border investment, geopolitical risk issues, trends, and laws...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

5 GRC Trends and Resolutions for a More Secure 2024

Elevate your resilience in the new year by understanding top GRC trends, patterns, and best practices across AI, TPRM, cyber risk, and more. As we step into 2024, technological advancements and an increasingly connected —...more

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Cybersecurity Protocols Emerge for the Transportation Industry

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Cybersecurity has emerged as a tangible risk for transportation service providers over the course of the last year. Ransomware attacks on domestic industry and critical infrastructure, and tensions associated with the Russian...more

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing

Biden-Harris Administration Prioritizing Cybersecurity

It has become increasingly clear that improving cybersecurity will be a main focus, and important goal, of the Biden-Harris administration. In May 2021, President Joseph Biden issued an executive order modernizing federal...more

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Cybersecurity Defense: Recommendations for Companies Impacted by the Biden Administration Executive Order

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As summarized in the first installment of our two-part blog series, President Biden recently issued a sweeping Executive Order aimed at improving the nation’s cybersecurity defense. The Order is a reaction to increased...more

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Cybersecurity Defense: Biden Administration Executive Order a Great Start Towards a More Robust National Framework

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On May 12, President Biden issued a landmark Executive Order (“the Order”) aimed at improving the country’s cybersecurity threat defense. This Order is an attempt to create a “whole of government” response to increasingly...more

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Kaseya: The Latest High-Profile Ransomware Attack

On July 2, 2021, Kaseya Ltd., a Florida-based firm that provides software tools to thousands of primarily small and mid-sized businesses, became the latest victim of a high-profile ransomware attack. The attack is believed to...more

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Biden Signs Executive Order Intended to Improve the Federal Government's Cybersecurity

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On May 12, President Biden signed an executive order intended to improve the federal government’s cybersecurity. This comes in the wake of sweeping cyber incidents, such as the SolarWinds incident that affected both public...more

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President Biden Issues Executive Order on Cybersecurity

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On May 12, 2021, President Biden issued an executive order to strengthen U.S. cybersecurity defenses. The order comes in the wake of the ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline and numerous other cybersecurity attacks against...more

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What President Biden’s New Executive Order Means for the Cybersecurity of the United States

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On May 12, 2021, President Joe Biden issued a very broad, 34 page “Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity.” The Executive Order, or “EO”, can be found here. This order comes six months...more

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Biden Administration Issues Cybersecurity Executive Order Following Colonial Pipeline Cyberattack

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On May 12, 2021, the Biden Administration issued an Executive Order on “Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity” (EO). The EO was in the works prior to the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack, reportedly a ransomware incident that...more

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Crippling Ransomware Attack on Pipeline Exposes Vulnerabilities in U.S. Critical Infrastructure

Colonial Pipeline, a company that transports more than 100 million gallons of gasoline and other fuel daily across 14 states from Houston to New York Harbor, shut down the pipeline last Friday after discovering ransomware on...more

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Biden Administration Signals Dramatic Shift in Focus to Confront Cyber Concerns In Government Contracting

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In a paradigm shift for cybersecurity, President Biden signed an ambitious Executive Order (the Order) on May 12 to address the increasingly sophisticated threats by malicious cyber actors to the nation's software supply...more

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President Biden Signs Executive Order to Improve the Cybersecurity and Protect Federal Government Networks

On May 12, 2021, President Biden signed an Executive Order which is aimed at improving the nation’s cybersecurity and protecting federal government networks. The Executive Order has been in the works for some time, but the...more

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Disruptionware VI: Cyber-Attack against Colonial Pipeline Illustrates Continued Vulnerability of American Energy and...

Disruptionware attacks have become increasingly more common over the last few months. Just last month, I wrote about a dangerous disruptionware attack against a Florida Water Treatment Center that could have been a mass...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

Colonial Pipeline Cyberattack Highlights Vulnerability of Nation’s Energy Sector

This post is a follow up from our recent discussion of the cyberattack that took the 5,500-mile Colonial Pipeline offline last week and the growing threat ransomware poses to our nation’s energy system. On May 10, 2021, a...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

President Biden Signs Executive Order to Strengthen Cybersecurity for Federal Government Following Colonial Pipeline Attack

President Joe Biden signed an Executive Order on Wednesday, May 12, 2021, on the heels of the cyber-attack against Colonial Pipeline Co., which suffered a major ransomware attack late last week that has caused supply chain...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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