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Constangy’s 10 must-read articles of 2024

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 1/9/2025

As we welcome 2025, here are 10 must-read Constangy bulletins and blog posts from 2024, highlighting insights that guided our readers through important legal developments, workplace issues, and the challenges in cybersecurity...more

Where should the buck stop? Risks to CISOs in today’s regulatory environment

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 11/12/2024

Joseph Sullivan, Uber’s beleaguered former Chief Information Security Officer, was back in the news last month when he appealed his 2023 conviction for his role in concealing a 2016 breach of Uber’s network and customer data....more

Chief Information Security Officers and cyber whistleblowing: considerations for PE firms

A&O Shearman on 4/3/2024

Managing these risks at a single company should be straightforward. Executives and CISOs may be personally held accountable for cyber failings, negligence, breaches, and inadequate disclosure around cyber vulnerabilities and...more

Chief information Security Officers and cyber whistleblowing: considerations for boards and breach response teams

A&O Shearman on 2/27/2024

At this point, it is self-evident that companies are grappling with an ever-evolving (think: tougher) cyber risk terrain. However, two recent cases against companies and their Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs),...more

Federal Government Continues Its Big Push for Cybersecurity with SEC Action Against SolarWinds and Its CISO

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 11/27/2023

On October 30, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a civil suit against SolarWinds and their chief information security officer (CISO) for fraudulent cybersecurity information. The SEC claims that...more

[Webinar] SEC New Cybersecurity Final Rule: A Different Perspective from the Viewpoints of the CISO, General Counsel, & The Board...

Ankura on 9/19/2023

Any time a regulation is put forth, there is always a level of uncertainty, especially regarding understanding the roles and responsibilities of key business leaders. The SEC’s new cybersecurity final rule means heightened...more

Regulators and Cybersecurity Leaders Advise Businesses on How to Prepare For A Major Attack and the Consequences of Failure to Act

Cozen O'Connor on 4/13/2023

On April 4, 2023, the office of Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul was joined by leaders in technology and law enforcement for a full-day symposium designed to inform CISOs, CTOs and CIOs on how best to protect their...more

Uber’s Former Chief Security Officer Found Guilty of Obstruction for Coverup of Data Breaches

Farella Braun + Martel LLP on 10/18/2022

On October 5, 2022, after a monthlong jury trial, former Uber Chief Information Security Officer Joseph Sullivan was found guilty of obstructing proceedings of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and misprision of a felony...more

New Trends Emerge in FTC Data Security Orders, Including Emphasis on C-Suite Involvement

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 1/15/2020

The FTC recently summarized three major changes it made to its orders in data security cases. In a blog signaling these changes, the FTC Indicated that some of the things it has been requiring of companies in 2019 are here to...more

FTC Proposes Amendments to Safeguards Rule to Track NY DFS Cybersecurity Regulation (and amendments to its Privacy Rule)

Troutman Pepper Locke on 3/11/2019

As we’ve been predicting, the Cybersecurity Regulation adopted by the NY DFS for insurance, banking and other financial services continues to drive the conversation in the U.S. The latest manifestation is the FTC proposal,...more

Raising the Bar: FTC’s Proposed Changes to the Safeguards Rule Would Establish a New Standard for Information Security Programs

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 3/7/2019

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced this week that it is seeking comments on proposed amendments to the Privacy Rule and Safeguards Rule under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA)....more

Cybersecurity and the New Trump Administration: Your Top Ten Questions Answered

Foley & Lardner LLP on 5/2/2017

Since President Trump’s inauguration, cybersecurity has been in the news almost daily – often on the front page. The U.S. Government is facing a wide array of challenges in cybersecurity, impacting both domestic and foreign...more

Cybersecurity News and Notes - September 2016

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 9/13/2016

In Case You Missed It: The Federal Trade Commission has opened a public comment period to evaluate its Safeguards Rule (16. C.F.R. § 314.3). Under the Gramm-Leach-Bililey Act (GLBA), which regulates financial institutions,...more

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