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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been a leading voice in cybersecurity standards since 2013, when President Obama’s Executive Order on Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity tasked NIST,...more
Forming part of the EU’s broader digital and cyber security strategy, the new Network and Information Systems Directive 2022/2555 (NIS2) came into effect on 18 October 2024 (this being the deadline by which the directive is...more
It has been a busy month for cyber and privacy regulation in Australia. On the heels of the proposed amendments to the Privacy Act 1988 released just under a month ago, three further draft Bills relating to cyber security...more
INTRODUCTION - The acceleration of the rate of cyber-attacks against companies in Hong Kong in the last year or so (with over 60 notifications of such attacks being received by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of...more
Introduction It wouldn't be much of an exaggeration to say that NIS2 is the acronym on everyone's lips. When coupled with its European sister legislation DORA, we encounter a regulatory twosome that make GDPR feel like...more
The National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) has released NIST Cybersecurity Framework (2.0) (Framework 2.0). NIST released two earlier versions of the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity...more
In early August, the National Institute of Standards and Technology released the initial public draft of its Cybersecurity Framework 2.0. The draft is a long-awaited update to a framework that’s been in place for almost 10...more
For years, federal cyber policy has been based on successful public-private partnerships, collaboration, and the promotion of voluntary standards that can be tailored to sector and organization-specific risk and needs....more
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently released a Request for Information (RFI) that seeks to gather information to help evaluate and improve cybersecurity resources for the cybersecurity framework...more
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has kicked off the process for revamping its flagship cybersecurity guidance document – the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity (CSF), which...more
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is tasked with keeping our electric grid safe and maintaining reliable and secure energy for U.S. consumers. ...more
The United States Government Accounting Office (GAO) recently issued a report on the cybersecurity risks facing the electric grid. The GAO reviewed the cybersecurity of the electric grid to determine the risks and challenges...more
Privacy and data security is constantly evolving and 2018 presented no exception. Let’s take a look back at some of the highlights of this year. Cambridge Analytica (March 2018): Facebook announced that Cambridge Analytica...more
On April 17th, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”), a component of the U.S. Commerce Department, released Version 1.1 of the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity...more
In February 2014 the U.S. National Institute of Standards in Technology (‘NIST’) published the ?rst NIST Cybersecurity Framework, responding to an Executive Order on improving critical infrastructure cybersecurity issued by...more
According to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the energy sector relies on industrial control systems assets to “generate, view article transmit, and distribute power and to drill, produce, refine,...more
On May 11th, in the wake of a series of wide-ranging cyber breaches and attacks plaguing public and private sectors alike, President Trump signed a long-awaited Executive Order on Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal...more
On May 11, President Donald Trump issued his long-awaited Executive Order on cybersecurity, the ‘‘Presidential Executive Order on Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure.’’ It had been...more
On February 16, 2017, the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence released its draft practice guide for electric utilities, entitled “Situational Awareness for Electric Utilities.”...more
In the past month, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a draft update to its flagship cybersecurity framework as well as new standalone guidance on how organizations can plan to recover from...more
Last week, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a measurement standards laboratory in the United States Department of Commerce, released draft version 1.1 of its Framework for Improving Critical...more