DHS and Cyber: What Should Companies Expect?
Life sciences companies have long been outside the scope of US national security regulations and benefited from significant exemptions under US privacy laws. ...more
Cyber, Privacy, and Technology Report - Welcome to your monthly rundown of all things cyber, privacy, and technology, where we highlight all the happenings you may have missed....more
The Department of Justice (DOJ) released a Final Rule restricting certain transfers of Americans’ sensitive personal data to identified countries of concern or covered individuals. The Final Rule continues to assert the DOJ...more
The 119th Congress is underway, and Republicans control both chambers. With President Trump in the White House, both the House and the Senate will focus more of their oversight on the private sector. Continuing a trend over...more
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently published new security requirements for certain restricted transactions covered by the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) sensitive data export rules. ...more
Executive Order (EO) 14117 is a national security rule intended to mitigate national security risks posed by threat countries’ access to sensitive personal data and government-related data. The EO directed the U.S....more
On January 22, 2025, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a joint advisory related to previous vulnerabilities in the Ivanti Cloud Service Appliance,...more
On January 8, 2025, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) published its final rule addressing Executive Order (E.O.) 14117, “Preventing Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data...more
The U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) published its final rule (“Final Rule”) on January 8, 2025, that will prohibit or restrict transfer of certain data of U.S. persons to countries of concern, including to China. The Final...more
On December 27, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its final rule on the transfer of certain bulk sensitive personal data to China, Russia, and other countries. Following this, on January 3, 2025, the U.S....more
On January 8, 2025, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) published its Final Rule to implement President Biden’s Executive Order 14117, “Preventing Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States...more
In 2021 CISA released their Incident Response and Vulnerability Playbook, and in 2024 NIST updated their Cybersecurity Framework. Using the Playbook and Framework as a template, forensic teams can build a repeatable processes...more
Data Resilience Masterclass: Navigating the Risks of the Digital Age - Data Risk and Resilience is a critical topic for modern businesses, especially within industries that handle vast amounts of sensitive information....more
CYBERSECURITY - CISA + Partners Issue Alert for Protection of Water Systems, Dams, Energy + Food + Ag - In response to the growing threat by pro-Russia hacktivists, on May 1, 2023, CISA and other national agency...more
Joint guidance from the “Five Eyes” cybersecurity agencies provides best practices on securely deploying and operating AI systems. New guidance by the U.S. National Security Agency’s Artificial Intelligence Security Center,...more
On February 28, 2024, President Biden issued Executive Order 14117, calling for new regulations to prohibit or restrict transactions that enable countries of concern to access sensitive U.S. personal and government data. The...more
Welcome to your monthly rundown of all things cyber, privacy, and technology, where we highlight all the happenings you may have missed....more
CISA’s Incident Response Guide outlines ways in which WWS owners and operators can engage with federal agencies to prepare for, mitigate, and respond to cyber incidents, including best practices for incident response and...more
On May 24, 2023, Microsoft announced the detection of a direct threat to critical infrastructure organizations in Guam and elsewhere in the United States. The alert attributed observed malicious activity to a state-sponsored...more
Publications and Advisories - November 13, 2023 – Kathleen Benway, Kate Hanniford, Amy Mushahwar, Kim Peretti, and Lance Taubin published “Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Advisory: FTC Approved New Data Breach Notification...more