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Womble Bond Dickinson

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

Hogan Lovells

NIST finalizes cybersecurity incident response framework profile aligned with CSF 2.0

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On April 3, NIST published practical incident response guidance aligned with its CSF 2.0 framework. The guidance outlines best practices in security incident preparation and response for organizations mapped across each of...more

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Privacy and Data Security in Community Associations: Navigating Risks and Compliance

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For community associations, this is especially important as these organizations often manage large amounts of PII of homeowners and residents (e.g., name, address, phone number, etc.), including certain categories of...more

J.S. Held

2025 J.S. Held Global Risk Report: Managing Cyber Risk

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Cyber incidents such as the 2024 event involving Change Healthcare, which compromised the personal information of over 100 million people, highlight the evolving nature of cyber threats – increasingly becoming risk management...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

Warning! ChatGPT Exploit Used by Threat Actors in Cyber Attacks

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Members of the health care and financial industries, along with other industries that hold sensitive data, are warned that a ChatGPT vulnerability is being actively exploited by threat actors to attack security flaws in AI...more

StoneTurn

2025 Incident Response Landscape: Practical Tips for Cybersecurity Readiness

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Organizations seeking to improve their cybersecurity posture in 2025 must assess what happens after an incident has occurred, and how an incident response team will be able to mobilize to respond. This article provides...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Coast Guard Tightens Up Cybersecurity Regulations

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The maritime industry has become a prime target for hackers. In the last few years, it has seen a steep increase in the number of shipping-related cyberattacks. The recent surge marks a new and pressing challenge for ports...more

Clark Hill PLC

It’s a New Year and a Good Time for a Cybersecurity Checkup

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2024 was another active year in cybersecurity, with high-profile vulnerabilities and data breaches, and government and private sector responses to them. Examples include pervasive ransomware attacks targeting the healthcare,...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Adobe Issues Patches for ColdFusion “High Severity” Vulnerability

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Adobe recently issued a patch for a high-severity vulnerability for ColdFusion versions 2023.11 and 2021.17 and earlier; according to the National Institute of Standards and Technology  (NIST), “an attacker could exploit this...more

Clark Hill PLC

Right To Know - November 2024, Vol. 23

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Cyber, Privacy, and Technology Report - Welcome to your monthly rundown of all things cyber, privacy, and technology, where we highlight all the happenings you may have missed....more

Alston & Bird

Coming This December: Will Health Care Entities Be Unwrapping New HIPAA Security Rules for the Holidays?

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Our Health Care and Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Groups cover an upcoming proposed rule from U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) that would formalize cybersecurity requirements and allow the Office for Civil Rights (OCR)...more

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Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure Update – Incident Response Improves, Industry Standards Evolve

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Critical infrastructure facilities are increasingly vulnerable to cybersecurity events, as demonstrated by the number of cyberattacks that have occurred this year against utilities including those in the energy sector...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Lessons Learned from Cleveland City Hall Cyber Attack

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June 2024, Cleveland City Hall shut down due to what it initially described as a “cyber incident,” which was later explained as a ransomware attack. Many of the functions provided by City Hall stopped or significantly slowed,...more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: Takeaways from SEC v. SolarWinds Motion to Dismiss Hearing

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The SEC’s high-profile litigation against SolarWinds and its Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Timothy Brown, reached a critical juncture on May 15, 2024, when the parties presented oral arguments before Judge Paul...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - May 2024 #4

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CYBERSECURITY - CISA Issues Advisory on Black Basta Ransomware - On May 10, 2024, CISA, along with the FBI, HHS, and MS-ISAC, issued a joint Cybersecurity Advisory relating to Black Basta ransomware affiliates “that...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Tackling Cyber Risks in the Manufacturing Industry

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As the manufacturing industry increasingly relies on advanced technology such as the industrial internet of things, automation and big data, manufacturers are particularly susceptible to cyberattacks. Manufacturing operations...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Decoded Technology Law Insights, V 5, Issue 4, May 2024

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MIT Report Details New Cybersecurity Risks - “Cloud misconfigurations, more sophisticated ransomware, and vendor exploitation attacks are contributing to rising cyberattacks.” Why this is important: Worldwide spending...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Cybersecurity: The New PE Firm Team Sport

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Historically, many private equity firms have let their portfolio companies independently manage cybersecurity. Given the increase in data and cyber risks, sophistication of threat actors, and impact and cost of breaches,...more

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NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 Prioritizes Governance and Flexibility

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Earlier this year, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issued an update to its Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) with the release of version 2.0, the first update since April 2018 (version 1.1). While the...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy Briefs: April 2024

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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

Clark Hill PLC

Right To Know - April 2024, Vol. 16

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Cyber, Privacy, and Technology Report - Welcome to your monthly rundown of all things cyber, privacy, and technology, where we highlight all the happenings you may have missed....more

Jones Day

NIST Extends its Cybersecurity Framework to Cover Evolving Threats and Governance

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The National Institute of Standards and Technology ("NIST") released a significant update to its framework, expanding its scope and reach to cover a broader audience and evolving cybersecurity risks and management issues....more

Porter Hedges LLP

CSF 2.0 – An Expanded Cybersecurity Framework for all Organizations

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Cybersecurity compliance, governance, and disclosure practices have evolved significantly over the past decade. As we have noted in prior blog posts, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is requiring cybersecurity...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

More Privacy, Please – January 2024

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NIST Publishes Report on the Cybersecurity of Genomic Data. On December 20, 2023, the NIST National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) published Final NIST IR 8432, Cybersecurity of Genomic Data. Informed by direction...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy Briefs: February 2024

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The American Hospital Association (AHA) has warned that information technology (IT) help desks are being targeted in a social engineering scheme that uses the stolen identity of revenue cycle employees or employees in other...more

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