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Cybersecurity in mining: protecting infrastructure and digital assets

A&O Shearman on 5/23/2025

The mining sector is increasingly at risk from cyber attacks, and many companies are racing to defend themselves against the backdrop of a rapidly changing threat landscape. Ross Phillipson and Anna Rudawski explore what is...more

Ambient Light Sensors to Malware Threats: MIT Unveils Smartphone Privacy Risks Amid Market Turbulence

HaystackID on 4/24/2024

Editor's Note: In a significant study from MIT's CSAIL, researchers have unveiled vulnerabilities in smartphone ambient light sensors, highlighting them as potential channels for privacy breaches. This discovery underscores...more

Deepfakes Bring Deep Risk

Epiq on 6/7/2023

Most people know what a deepfake is but have not put much thought into how it could affect business operations. Deepfakes are videos, pictures, or audio that have been convincingly manipulated to misrepresent a person saying...more

The Cybersecurity Insurance Market: What to Expect in 2023

Ankura on 3/20/2023

In recent years, especially through 2019 and 2020, the cyber insurance market in the U.S. has seen significant growth. Middle-market companies have been actively requesting cyber insurance policies with low rates and broad...more

The Importance of Cybersecurity in the Online Sports Betting Industry

J.S. Held on 3/17/2023

Online sports betting has become a booming industry in recent years, with millions of people placing bets and wagers from their phones and computers. Ever since Murphy v. NCAA, the 2018 case in which the United States Supreme...more

How Not to Make a Deal: 5 Key Cybersecurity Concerns in M&A

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 7/14/2022

Cyber risks are increasing, and as a result, due diligence inquiries and valuations are increasingly focusing on the cybersecurity and privacy risks inherent in a business’s collection, use, retention and disposal of data. ...more

[Event] U.S. Export & Reexport Compliance For Canadian Operations - January 26th - 27th, Toronto, ON, Canada

American Conference Institute (ACI) on 12/20/2021

The Canadian Institute’s 11th Annual Forum on U.S. Export & Re-Export Compliance for Canadian Operations will take place in Toronto on January 25–27! IN-PERSON and LIVESTREAM options available. Over the last decade, this...more

[Event] 10th Edition of Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery - January 24th - 25th, Miami, FL

American Conference Institute (ACI) on 12/14/2021

ACI’s and C5’s 10th Edition of Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery Miami conference is returning on January 24 – 25, 2022 in person! Deemed as the foremost, can’t-miss event for the Fraud community, it gathers the pre-eminent...more

Security Through Integrity: Managing Third-Party Risk in the Face of Uncertainty

NAVEX on 11/1/2021

Discussing third-party risk can be akin to opening Pandora’s box. Once you start discussing third-party risks, the conversation becomes quite complex, involving multiple stakeholders and outside organizations. All...more

FBI: More Awareness, Due Diligence Needed To Fight China in New ‘Space Race’ for Data

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 10/15/2021

Report on Patient Privacy 21, no. 10 (October, 2021) - Conducting a risk analysis is a basic tenet of security compliance, with the overarching goal of understanding where protected health information (PHI) “lives” in an...more

[Virtual Event] Global Compliance Updates - November 2nd - 3rd, 5:55 pm - 8:15 pm GST

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics... on 9/14/2021

Compliance teams looking to stay ahead of the changing landscape need to be up to date on the latest developments. Join us for Global Compliance Updates in collaboration with the DIFC Academy, on 2–3 November 2021. This...more

SolarWinds Vendor Supply Chain Attack: A Timely Reason to Review Procedures for Risk Assessments and Vendor Contracts

Proskauer on Privacy on 12/22/2020

As reported last week, a state-sponsored hacker may have breached multiple U.S. government networks through a widely-used software product offered by SolarWinds. The compromised product, known as Orion, helps organizations...more

Marriott Breach Highlights Importance of Cybersecurity Due Diligence in M&A Deals

Saul Ewing LLP on 1/21/2019

In 2016, Marriott International announced its acquisition of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide. Coined by Marriott as a "smooth transaction," the announcement of the acquisition received an overwhelmingly positive response....more

OnRisk: Insurance for Cyber Risk in M&A Transactions - A HUB Talks Podcast

K&L Gates LLP on 11/2/2018

Cyber due diligence is quickly becoming the “new normal” for buyers in M&A transactions as they seek to protect themselves against cyber risk. Cyber due diligence, however, is only part of the solution. Many sophisticated...more

Cybersecurity and Data Breaches: How In-House Counsel Can Engage the Board

Farella Braun + Martel LLP on 1/22/2016

A company's board of directors has a duty to oversee all aspects of the company's risk management efforts. This includes a duty to recognize and minimize the company's exposure to cyber attacks. In today's increasingly...more

Cybersecurity Risks: Directors and Officers Should Stop, Collaborate and Listen

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP on 12/17/2015

The risks associated with cyber-attacks and data breaches are growing in Canada and internationally and the costs associated with an organization preventing, detecting, responding to and recovering from such an incident can...more

Could a Vendor’s Lax Info Security Ruin Your Holiday Sales? Seven Preventative Steps for Retailers

Perkins Coie on 10/26/2015

Many of the largest retailer data security breaches have been caused or enabled by the acts or omissions of retailers’ vendors, such as the widely publicized incident at Target Corporation. Several such breaches occurred...more

Mainbrace: October 2015, No. 4

Blank Rome LLP on 10/16/2015

As with the world economy, the shipping markets are currently experiencing a major bout of volatility. The wide range of matters we are handling in our maritime law practice certainly reflects the current swings the shipping...more

SEC’s Increased Cybersecurity Enforcement and How to Reduce Your Risks

Perkins Coie on 9/29/2015

The SEC announced last week that an investment adviser had agreed to settle charges that it failed to take required steps to protect against and respond effectively to a cybersecurity breach. The action comes on the heels of...more

The SEC OCIE Announces Increased Scrutiny of Broker-Dealers’ and Investment Advisers’ Cybersecurity Programs

BakerHostetler on 9/29/2015

On September 15, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) issued a National Exam Program Risk Alert (2015 Risk Alert) to provide broker-dealers and investment...more

OCIE to Conduct More Cybersecurity Exams

Burr & Forman on 9/17/2015

This week the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”) announced a second-round of cybersecurity examinations, continuing its initiatives on the issue. The move follows the SEC’s: March 2014 roundtable...more

The OMB’s New Cybersecurity Guidance for Federal Contractors

Snell & Wilmer on 9/11/2015

Is Controlled Unclassified Information Out of Control? The OMB apparently thinks so. On August 11, 2015, the Obama administration, through the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), which is the largest office within the...more

OMB Issues Guidance on Government Contractors’ Cybersecurity Systems

Holland & Knight LLP on 8/14/2015

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released a draft guidance document on Aug. 11, 2015, titled “Improving Cybersecurity Protection in Federal Acquisitions” (the “OMB Guidance”). The OMB Guidance instructs agencies on...more

Will Your Cyber Insurance Respond When You Need It Most?

Orrick - Trade Secrets Group on 5/26/2015

On May 7, Columbia Casualty Company, an insurance company, filed one of the first lawsuits by an insurer seeking to deny coverage for a privacy class action under a cyber insurance policy. Why is this significant? As the...more

Privacy Tuesday - November 2014 #2

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 11/25/2014

Here are three privacy stories to start your week - 1. Dear “financial institution” : how is your data security?! Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) announced (press release) that on November 18 the Senator...more

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