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President Trump’s Cyber Mandate: Analysis of Executive Order on Strengthening U.S. Cybersecurity

Wiley Rein LLP on 6/16/2025

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

FCC Launches U.S. Cyber Trust Mark Program

Lerman Senter PLLC on 3/25/2024

The Federal Communications Commission has created a voluntary cybersecurity labeling program, also known as the “U.S. Cyber Trust Mark program,” for wireless consumer Internet of Things (IoT) products. The FCC is seeking...more

Update: FAR Council Proposes Pair of Major Cybersecurity Rules for Government Contracts

Wiley Rein LLP on 10/12/2023

WHAT: As we previously reported here, on October 3, 2023, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR Council) proposed a pair of major cybersecurity rules intended to implement key parts of President Biden’s May 2021...more

PropTech Update - 3.28.23

Allen Matkins on 3/30/2023

REITs are increasingly reliant on technologies across the spectrum of information technology and operating technology that range from cloud-based systems and the Internet of Things (IoT) to automated building management...more

NIST Releases New Guidance on Software Security and Cybersecurity Consumer Labeling Programs

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 3/14/2022

NIST recently released several key deliverables relating to cybersecurity. These focus on secure software development and new consumer labeling programs as contemplated by President Biden’s Executive Order 14028, which seeks...more

Wireless Roundup (March 2022)

Wiley Rein LLP on 3/1/2022

Key Wireless Deadlines- NIST Requests Comment on Staging Cybersecurity Risks for Enterprise Risk Management and Governance Oversight: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) seeks comment on Draft NISTIR...more

Privacy Update: FCC Seeks Public Comment on the Current and Future Regulation of the "Internet of Things"

ArentFox Schiff on 10/13/2021

FCC Seeks Public Comment on the Current and Future Regulation of the “Internet of Things” - The FCC is requesting public comment in a proceeding that will help determine the scope and nature of regulation of the “Internet of...more

President Biden’s Cybersecurity Executive Order

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing on 6/2/2021

As many of our readers are aware, President Joseph Biden issued an executive order on May 12 to improve the nation’s cybersecurity. While much of the executive order focuses on strengthening the federal government’s networks...more

Biden’s Cybersecurity Executive Order

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/19/2021

On May 12, 2021, the Biden Administration issued its much anticipated “Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity.” Below are provisions we believe will be of most interest to contractors, as well as any company...more

Buyer Beware: The Internet of Things Comes Under New Cyber Attack from Multiple Fronts

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 12/16/2020

It is estimated that by the end of 2020, there will be more than 50,000,000,000 (yes, billion) connected devices that are part of the Internet of Things (IoT). This is a five million percent increase in IoT devices over the...more

New Internet of Things Cybersecurity Bill Enacted

Perkins Coie on 12/10/2020

Internet of Things (IoT) devices have the potential to transform our home and work environment by integrating a growing range of “smart” wirelessly connected sensors into our daily lives. Recognizing the growing importance of...more

Jeep Drivers’ Claims Come to a Screeching Halt: Hypothetical Hacking Threat Does Not Confer Article III Standing

Proskauer - Minding Your Business on 4/7/2020

On March 27, 2020, a five-year legal battle between three certified classes of Jeep Cherokee drivers and Fiat Chrysler came to a sudden end, when a federal judge in the Southern District of Illinois held that allegations that...more

United Kingdom Establishes IoT Security Principles

Morgan Lewis on 3/22/2018

The UK government recently released a policy paper outlining proposed requirements for makers of Internet of Things (IoT) devices to take certain actions to better protect IoT devices from growing cybersecurity threats....more

"Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - January 2017"

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 2/4/2017

In this edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we discuss how the prospect of a new chair and three new commissioners at the FTC may impact the agency's approach to cybersecurity regulation, a new Massachusetts...more

DHS Guidelines for IoT Device Security

Morgan Lewis on 12/1/2016

In a recent post, we noted that the US federal government has become increasingly concerned about the security of Internet of Things (IoT) devices. On November 15, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued guidance...more

Latest Cyber Attack a Wake-up Call: What are your company’s IoT exposures?

Farella Braun + Martel LLP on 10/26/2016

The Internet of Things gives rise to many risks and exposures that companies and their insurers were not thinking about as recently as a couple years ago, and probably aren’t fully cognizant of today....more

[Event] 2015 FOLEYTech Summit - October 1, Boston, MA

Foley & Lardner LLP on 9/18/2015

Please join us for the 2015 FOLEYTech Summit. In its 11th year, the FOLEYTech Summit continues to offer the top-notch industry insight and compelling speakers you have come to expect from Foley & Lardner LLP, while embracing...more

Dodge, Ram, and Jeep vehicles recalled due to hacking vulnerabilities

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 7/31/2015

As technology moves forward, more and more of our everyday gadgets will be connected to the Internet. With that convenience may come some vulnerabilities. On July 24, 2015, Chrysler and its parent company FCA US LLC (FCA US)...more

From Carjacking to Carhacking – Lessons for the Internet of Things

Foley & Lardner LLP on 2/16/2015

The Internet of Things (IoT) is coming and perhaps the first place we will see the proverbial rubber hit the road is with something near and dear to Americans – our cars. The ever increasing connectivity of cars is creating a...more

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