DHS and Cyber: What Should Companies Expect?
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A significant shift in cybersecurity compliance is on the horizon, and businesses need to prepare. Starting in 2024, organizations will face new requirements to report cybersecurity incidents and ransomware payments to the...more
Cyber incidents involving critical infrastructure pose a serious risk to the US. In March 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Security Advisor warned state governors about potential attacks on drinking...more
On April 4, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency published a notice of proposed rulemaking setting out mandatory reporting requirements for covered entities that experience cybersecurity incidents or make...more
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) is seeking comment on a proposed rule to implement reporting requirements for critical infrastructure entities, including health care entities, on cyberattacks and ransomware...more
CISA's proposed rules will require organizations operating in U.S. critical infrastructure sectors to report cyber incidents within 72 hours and ransom payments within 24 hours. ...more
Most businesses in the United States will have to file incident reports—including for ransomware payments—under the Proposed Rule. The Department of Homeland Security has the authority to issue subpoenas and even penalties...more
On March 15, 2022, the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022 was signed into law. Generally, CIRCIA requires “covered entities,” defined as entities in certain critical infrastructure sectors, to...more
A sweeping array of businesses are another step closer to requirements to report cybersecurity incidents and ransomware payments to the federal government. On April 4, 2024, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS)...more
On March 27, 2024, the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (“CISA”) released proposed regulations requiring expansive new cybersecurity incident and ransomware payment reporting across sixteen “critical...more
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is publishing a proposed rule (Proposal or NPRM) that will require broad segments of industry to meet onerous and quick...more
Yesterday, March 27, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency published the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking under the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022. It is important to note...more
As we enter the New Year, Wiley has looked back at the top cyber issues for 2023 and what they mean for 2024. Last year, we saw the rollout of the National Cybersecurity Strategy—which outlined a new era of cyber oversight—as...more
On May 23, 2023, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published a second edition of the #StopRansomware Guide (the Guide). The Guide, first published in September 2020, aims to help organizations reduce...more
Critical Infrastructure Must Soon Report Cyber Incidents to CISA Immediately - In March, President Biden signed the “Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act” (CIRCIA) into law. CIRCIA applies to the...more
The federal Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a request for information (RFI) seeking public input on its development of cyber incident and ransom payment reporting rules under the Cyber...more
In March 2022, Congress passed the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022 (CIRCIA) requiring critical infrastructure to report significant cyber incidents and ransomware payments to the Cybersecurity...more
The Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022 (CIRCIA), signed into law by President Biden in March 2022 as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022, will require companies operating in...more
Introduction - On March 15, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022. The Act will require critical infrastructure organizations (defined below) to report...more
Ransomware attacks have become headline news in the mainstream media, and a hot topic not only on this blog but in government circles. And with good reason as the United States suffered a staggering 421.5 million ransomware...more
On March 15, 2022, President Joe Biden signed into law the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act (CIRCIA), which increased funding for the federal Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Agency (CISA) and...more
What You Need to Know- •The Strengthening American Cybersecurity Act will impose cyber incident and ransomware attack response protocol for a broad spectrum of businesses operating in numerous core industry sectors of the...more
The United States Congress recently passed legislation that includes new cybersecurity provisions requiring critical infrastructure providers to report cyber security incidents, including the payment of ransom, to the...more
In response to increased and persistent cybersecurity threats to American infrastructure, Congress passed the Strengthening American Cybersecurity Act (SACA), which President Joe Biden signed into law on March 15. SACA is...more