DHS and Cyber: What Should Companies Expect?
President Trump issued a cybersecurity Executive Order, “Sustaining Select Efforts to Strengthen the Nation’s Cybersecurity” (Trump EO), along with a corresponding Fact Sheet on June 6, 2025. The Trump EO clears some of the...more
Last week, the Trump administration made its priorities clear for the nation’s cybersecurity posture in the form of the newly issued executive order entitled “Sustaining Select Efforts to Strengthen the Nation’s Cybersecurity...more
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)-covered entities and business associates should be familiar with restrictions on the use or disclosure of protected health information (PHI) under HIPAA rules....more
What's Changed? The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) published a Data Security Program (DSP), pursuant to a final rule (Final Rule), which became effective on April 8, 2025....more
This article is based on Carri Bennet’s April 9th presentation at the Palmetto Broadband Coalition Annual Convention in Greenville, S.C. In December 2024, the White House’s Deputy National Security Adviser for Cyber and...more
In a Press Release issued April 11, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) indicated that it would prioritize “facilitating compliance” over civil enforcement actions for the first 90 days of its new US-China data...more
Life sciences companies have long been outside the scope of US national security regulations and benefited from significant exemptions under US privacy laws. ...more
On January 8, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (Department or DOJ) issued new rules required by then-President Biden’s February 2024 Executive Order (EO) 14117 to establish a new regulatory framework aimed at “Preventing...more
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
Cybersecurity in 2025 will continue to face escalating challenges from AI-driven threats, geopolitical tensions, and increased regulatory scrutiny. Organizations must adapt to sophisticated cyberattacks fueled by AI,...more
As we noted in Federal Cybersecurity Policy in 2025: What to Watch in Changing Times, key parts of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA 2015), the United States’ foundational cybersecurity information...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
On January 14, 2025, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released the AI Cybersecurity Collaboration Playbook (the “Playbook”) to provide guidance to organizations within the AI community (including AI...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 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
The incoming Trump administration is expected to make several policy changes likely to impact tech transactions. President-elect Donald Trump has promised to reduce regulation and cut federal bureaucracy, which he says have...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
On December 27, 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) released a Final Rule, Provisions Pertaining to Preventing Access to U.S. Sensitive Personal Data and Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern or Covered Persons....more
FCC Seeks Comment on Proposed Requirements for Covered Text Providers Under the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: In this Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) requests...more
Cybersecurity and national security collided in significant ways in 2024, with governments and private-sector entities grappling with the legal, technical, and policy challenges of a rapidly evolving cyber landscape....more
U.S. federal agencies, including the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), National Security Agency (NSA), and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) (in coordination with similar agencies in Australia,...more
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has proposed a significant restriction on cross-border transfers of sensitive personal data to designated “countries of concern.” The goal is to address national security risks posed by...more