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Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

MS-ISAC Loses Funding and Cooperative Agreement with CIS

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) confirmed on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, that the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) will lose its federal funding and cooperative agreement...more

IR Global

New risks, new rewards - The Visionaries

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The productivity paradox: Does more technology mean less growth? Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Solow famously remarked, “You can see the computer age everywhere except in the productivity statistics.” This paradox...more

Alston & Bird

Forthcoming UK Cyber Security and Resilience Bill to Boost the UK’s Cyber Defenses

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In the July 2024 King’s Speech, the UK government announced its intention to introduce a Cyber Security and Resilience Bill (the “Bill”) to improve the UK’s cyber defenses and protect essential public services. The...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

CrowdStrike Customers Targeted by Threat Actors Using Fake Help Websites

If you are a customer of CrowdStrike, you are working on recovering from the outage that occurred on July 19, 2024. As if that isn’t enough disruption, CrowdStrike is warning customers that threat actors are taking advantage...more

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Real Estate & Construction News Roundup (4/24/24) – Omni Hotels Hit with Cyberattack, Wisconsin’s Low-Interest Loans for Home...

In our latest roundup, alternative lenders take the lead in CRE loans, construction workers worry about artificial intelligence, prospective homeowners express concerns about climate risks, and more!...more

Guidepost Solutions LLC

Change Healthcare Ransomware Attack: 10 Lessons Learned

Why does it matter to you? In February of 2024, Change Healthcare, a prominent player in the healthcare industry, fell victim to a ransomware attack that sent shockwaves through its systems and networks. The incident...more

Proskauer - Health Care Law Brief

Cybersecurity a Top Priority – HHS Publishes New Cybersecurity Performance Goals

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) has expanded upon its recent Healthcare Sector Cybersecurity Concept Paper (which we covered in a prior blog post), issuing cybersecurity performance goals (“CPGs”) for...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

‘Tis the season for better cyber hygiene: navigating IT risk management in 2024

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Prepare your organization to stay one step ahead in the ongoing battle against cyber and IT risk management. As organizations increasingly leverage third-party services and cloud technologies, cybercriminals are becoming...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Iranian-Linked Hackers Attack Water Facility in Pennsylvania

It is being reported that U.S. officials are investigating an attack by hackers “linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), also known as the “Cyber Av3ngers,” that allowed them to gain control of a device at...more

Hogan Lovells

TSA revises rail cybersecurity directives for passenger and freight railroads

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In October 2023, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) updated three of its cybersecurity directives regulating passenger and freight railroad carriers. The following security directives have been renewed for one...more

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EPA ‘Deletes’ Cybersecurity Safe Drinking Water Initiative

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In the 1970’s, a series of tests of community water systems across the country led to some disturbing findings; varied standards of water containment, transmission, and handling were resulting in substantial health risks to...more

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State Microgrid Policy, Programmatic, and Regulatory Framework: National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners/National...

The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (“NARUC”) and National Association of State Energy Officials (“NASEO”) released an August 2023 report titled: State Microgrid Policy, Programmatic, and...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

EPA Cybersecurity Rule Challenged by States and Water Systems Associations

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On July 25, Missouri, Arkansas, and Iowa (the states), along with intervenors American Water Works Association and National Rural Water Association (the water associations), petitioned the Eighth Circuit to review the U.S....more

Ankura

ESXiArgs Ransomware Campaign Facilitated by Exploiting VMware Vulnerability

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Cybersecurity research agencies around the world are warning organizations using VMware ESXi servers to patch an almost two (2) year old vulnerability to prevent being compromised by threat actors in the "ESXiArgs" ransomware...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Cyberattacks as Acts of War: Insurance Companies Forced to Rethink Their Policies

The rise of cyberattacks has led to a significant increase in the demand for cyber insurance policies. However, the insurance industry is struggling to keep pace with the ever-evolving threat landscape, which has resulted in...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

Physical and Cyber-Attacks on Energy Infrastructure Expected to Continue

Over the past several years, the energy sector has become a prime target for hacking and ransomware attacks, with over 40 attacks on the industry since 2017.  Cyber attacks have only continued to rise, with a record high of...more

Mintz - ML Strategies

Washington Energy & Sustainability Update - April 2023

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House Approves Republican Energy Package - Four Democrats joined with all Republicans to approve, in a 225-204 vote, a massive House energy bill on March 30. While the bill will almost certainly not advance in the Senate,...more

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Water Cybersecurity? EPA Mandates Regulations to Prevent Cyberattacks on Public Water Systems

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EPA Aims to Mitigate Risk of Cyberattack on Public Water Systems On March 3, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its Memorandum Addressing Public Water System (PWS) Cybersecurity in Sanitary Surveys or...more

Holland & Knight LLP

FERC Approves New Cybersecurity Standards for Low-Impact Electric Assets

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At its open monthly meeting on March 16, 2023, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved a new cybersecurity standard proposed by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) to address the supply...more

Mintz

Healthcare Hacks: Weak links

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The FBI and the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency have been warning the healthcare sector for years about vulnerabilities and ransomware gangs targeting those vulnerabilities. With millions of records -- and...more

Dechert LLP

Dechert Cyber Bits - Special Edition: 2023 Predictions

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What is in store for Privacy and Cybersecurity in 2023 - As the year ends, we offer this special edition with predictions for 2023 from each member of the Cyber Bits Partner Committee. Regardless of what happens in 2023, we...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights, Volume 6, Issue 12

● Offshore Oil and Gas at Risk of Potentially Catastrophic Cyberattack: GAO - “The industry includes about 1,600 offshore oil and gas facilities that are highly dependent on remotely connected operational technology, the...more

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CFIUS Compliance: Your Organization’s Growth and Investment Strategy May Be a Matter of National Security

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On Thanksgiving of 2014, I received an urgent call asking me to be in London in 24 hours. My assignment was to run the advanced forensics recovery team serving several foreign offices of Sony Pictures in the wake of a...more

Bracewell LLP

TSA’s New Cyber Directive for Freight & Passenger Railroad Carriers are the Agency’s Latest Move to Keep the Nation on Track

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In its continued efforts to enhance the cybersecurity of transportation and other critical infrastructure systems across the country, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) issued on October 19, 2022 a new security...more

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CISA to Oversee Enforcement of Cyber Incident Reporting in Critical Infrastructure

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On March 15, 2021, President Biden signed into law the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022 (CIRCIA), which will require critical infrastructure owners and operators (among other things) to report...more

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