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Cybersecurity: Salt Typhoon’s Persistence is a Cruel Lesson for Smaller Providers

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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

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 11th National Conference on CFIUS - April 24th - 25th, Washington, DC

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Determine how the new administration will affect CFIUS practitioners and how the committee will continue its enforcement practices at ACI’s 11th National Conference on CFIUS. ​Don’t miss your best opportunity to hear how your...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The Wallet Inspectors: The DPRK’s Sophisticated Campaign to Steal Cryptocurrency and How to Protect Yourself

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On February 21, 2025, Bybit, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, suffered a cyberattack resulting in the theft of approximately $1.5 billion in Ethereum tokens.  This attack marked a new pinnacle in the...more

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Interstellar Insights - September 2024

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Space weather startup Perceptive Space raises USD2.8 million. Canadian startup Perceptive Space is developing new artificial intelligence (AI)-based software to forecast space weather more precisely. The company raised...more

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DoD Instruction Intended to Protect Defense Supply Chain: Defense Contractors and Subcontractors Subject to Additional Filings and...

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Concerns regarding the integrity of the U.S. defense industrial base supply chain continue to grow. Similar to national cybersecurity risks, national security risks to the defense supply chain are asymmetric and can arise at...more

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From Encryption to Employment, U.S. Federal Agencies Brace for the Effects of Quantum Computing, AI and More

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In this week’s edition of Consumer Protection Dispatch, we look at the latest regulatory developments from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and the Securities and Exchange Commission...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Senate AI Working Group Releases Long-Anticipated Roadmap for AI Policy

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On May 15, 2024, the Senate AI Working Group—Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Sens. Mike Rounds (R-SD), Todd Young (R-IN), and Martin Heinrich (D-NM)—issued their long-anticipated Roadmap for Artificial...more

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USPTO Guidance on Use of AI-Based Tools in Practice: How to Mitigate Risk

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Use of AI-based tools are permitted, but parties should use caution to ensure compliance with all duties and obligations - Recognizing that AI tools are already being used by parties practicing before the USPTO, this week the...more

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A Fracturing Data Environment: Executive Order Portends Major Changes to US Data Management

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On February 28, 2024, President Biden issued Executive Order 14117 (the EO) on “Preventing Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern” that would...more

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AI Frameworks Provide a Roadmap for Compliance Officers

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As governments around the world begin to introduce new frameworks and standards addressing the responsible design, development, deployment and operation of artificial intelligence (AI) systems, chief compliance officers...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 5th Conference on U.S.-China Trade Controls - October 12th - 13th, Washington, DC

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As the only comprehensive, practical event of its kind in the Unites States, ACI is hosting the highly anticipated 5th Annual U.S.-China Trade Controls Conference, scheduled for October 12–13 in Washington, DC. Considering...more

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The Biden Administration’s 2023 Cybersecurity Strategy Includes Potentially Significant Implications for the Technology Sector

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On March 2, 2023, the Biden administration released the 2023 National Cybersecurity Strategy (the “Strategy”). The Strategy acknowledges that the United States “must [effect] fundamental shifts in how . . . [it] allocates...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 9th National Conference on CFIUS - April 13th - 14th, Arlington, VA

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Hosted by American Conference Institute (ACI), the 9th National Conference on CFIUS returns for another exciting year with curated programming and an impressive lineup of leaders from government, industry and private practice...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

New CFIUS Executive Order Outlines 5 Risk Factors: Key Takeaways

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President Biden sends a message to foreign investors and the business community that CFIUS will closely scrutinize transactions presenting certain risk factors. On September 15, 2022, President Biden issued an Executive...more

Guidepost Solutions LLC

[Webinar] From The China Initiative to Nation-State Threats: The US Government’s New Enforcement Priority – China + Russia - March...

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On February 23, 2022, Assistant Attorney General Matthew Olsen announced that the DOJ’s China Initiative was officially ending. He also announced DOJ’s new national security strategy - Strategy for Countering Nation-State...more

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White House Issues Further Guidance for Federal Agencies on Cybersecurity Priorities

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The White House recently issued a Memorandum designed to strengthen the cyber defenses of “National Security Systems” – information systems operated by the federal government that are used for intelligence or military...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

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

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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

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U.S. Government Launches StopRansomware.gov

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On July 15, 2021, the DOJ and DHS together with additional federal partners launched StopRansomware.gov, a one-stop hub intended to help the private and public sector mitigate the threat of ransomware.  The website includes a...more

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President Biden’s Cybersecurity Executive Order Designed to Strengthen Nation’s Defenses

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In the wake of several recent major cyberattacks, President Biden issued a sweeping Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity (“Order”) on May 12, 2012. The Order reflects the Administration’s policy of...more

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Avoiding Ransomware Attacks is Not a Pipe Dream: Actionable Steps to Avoid Becoming the Next Victim

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Recently, the largest gasoline pipeline in the United States fell victim to a ransomware attack that caused the pipeline to go offline for several days. In addition to causing gas shortages across the Southeastern United...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Virtual Event] U.S. Export & Reexport Compliance For Canadian Operations - January 26th - 27th, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm EST

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For a whole decade, ACI’s U.S. Export & Reexport Compliance for Canadian Operations conference continues to stand apart as the only practical, comprehensive event of its kind for the export compliance community in Canada. ...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Vulnerable Systems: Contractor Protection of Controlled Unclassified Information at Risk

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The Department of Defense (DoD) Inspector General recently issued a report summarizing the findings of an audit into the protection of Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) on contractor networks. Based on an in-depth...more

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UK Government Issues Report on Huawei Vulnerabilities

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On March 28, 2019, the Oversight Board of the United Kingdom’s Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre (HCSEC) released a report identifying “serious and systematic defects in Huawei’s software engineering and cyber security...more

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White House Releases National Cyber Strategy: Five Benefits for American Businesses

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“New threats and a new era of strategic competition” have prompted the White House to roll out a new National Cyber Strategy. As identified below, the Strategy contains important priority initiatives that will advantage many...more

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ADG Insights: U.S. government's increased efforts in supply chain integrity - Supply Chain Series, Volume 1

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Through ADG Insights, we share with you the top legal and political issues affecting the aerospace, defense, and government services (ADG) industry. Our ADG industry team monitors the latest developments to help our clients...more

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