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AI Frameworks Provide a Roadmap for Compliance Officers

NAVEX on 1/9/2024

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

White House Ushers in New Era of Regulation With Landmark Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 11/8/2023

The AI executive order moves the U.S. closer to a broader unified approach on federal AI regulation, expanding on the AI Bill of Rights and NIST AI Risk Management Framework and focusing on the responsible development and...more

President Biden Signs Sweeping Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence

Sherman & Howard L.L.C. on 11/1/2023

On October 30, 2023, President Biden issued a sweeping Executive Order regarding the use of artificial intelligence (AI). The order calls for federal agencies to create new standards around privacy, security, safety, and the...more

The Pipeline to Cyber Resilience: Biden’s Blueprint for Secure Digital Infrastructure

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 3/14/2023

After a rash of significant cybersecurity breaches and ransomware attacks affecting a wide set of industries, ranging from pipelines to technology companies, the Biden administration released its much-anticipated National...more

FERC Proposes to Offer Rate Incentives for Voluntary Cybersecurity Investment

Troutman Pepper on 9/30/2022

Introduction On September 22, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to establish rules providing incentive-based rate treatment for utilities making certain...more

FERC NOPR seeks comment on proposed ratemaking incentives for transmission owner cybersecurity investments and expenses

BCLP on 9/28/2022

On September 22, 2022, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (2022 NOPR) setting forth proposed utility incentives for expenses and investments relating to...more

Industry Highlights NIST Cybersecurity Framework’s Value as NIST Weighs a Potential Update

Wiley Rein LLP on 5/23/2022

Public comments in an ongoing cybersecurity proceeding at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) highlight the utility of a foundational cybersecurity document while also providing suggestions for its...more

Industry Urges NIST to Preserve Key Attributes in Updating its Cybersecurity Framework

Wiley Rein LLP on 5/13/2022

Public comments on updating the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST), the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity (CSF), highlight private and public sector interest in this core...more

Administration and Congressional Update on Artificial Intelligence in the U.S.

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 4/30/2021

President Biden’s Discretionary Budget Request: Fiscal Year 2022 - On April 9, 2021, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) submitted President Biden’s discretionary funding request (the “Request”) to Congress for...more

Jones Day Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update | Vol. 24

Jones Day on 1/10/2020

UNITED STATES - Regulatory—Policy, Best Practices, and Standards - FTC Submits Comment on the Preliminary Draft for the NIST Privacy Framework - On October 24, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") announced that...more

The U.S. National Quantum Initiative

K&L Gates LLP on 10/28/2019

Over the past few years, the quantum fields have begun to move from theory toward practice. We have seen substantial progress in quantum computing, cryptography, communication, clocks, and sensors. An ecosystem of quantum...more

Cybersecurity and the Electric Grid – New GAO Report Identifies Actions Needed to Address Cybersecurity Risks

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 10/7/2019

The United States Government Accounting Office (GAO) recently issued a report on the cybersecurity risks facing the electric grid. The GAO reviewed the cybersecurity of the electric grid to determine the risks and challenges...more

August Cybersecurity Update: Congress Finishes Up NDAA and Continues Work on Cybersecurity Bills

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 8/12/2019

As August recess gets underway for the House and the Senate, ML Strategies has prepared a summary of the status of this summer’s key cybersecurity issues. ML Strategies will continue to track these and other cybersecurity...more

Jones Day Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update | Vol. 21

Jones Day on 3/7/2019

UNITED STATES - Regulatory—Policy, Best Practices, and Standards - NIST Evaluates Advances in Face Recognition Software - On November 30, 2018, the National Institute of Standards and Technology ("NIST") published a...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Newsletter

Locke Lord LLP on 1/30/2017

New York’s Cybersecurity Requirements for DFS Licensees: A New Item at the Top of the To Do List - With a compliance date a few months away, licensees of the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) must start...more

Government Forces Awaken: The Rise of Cyber Regulators in 2016

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 12/30/2015

As the sun sets on 2015, but before it rises again in the New Year, we predict that, in the realm of cyber and data security, 2016 will become known as the “Rise of the Regulators.” Regulators across numerous industries and...more

Disclosure Of Numerous Hacks At The U.S. Department Of Energy Renews Cybersecurity Concerns In The Energy Sector

King & Spalding on 9/18/2015

Records produced by the U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) to USA TODAY under a Freedom of Information Act request revealed over 150 successful cyber intrusions into DOE computer systems between 2010 and 2014. Concerns about...more

FERC, NERC and Business Blackout: New CIP Standards and Fictional Cyber Attacks

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 7/28/2015

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) July 16, 2015, proposing to approve various Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) reliability standards proposed by the North...more

Where Are We Now? The NIST Cybersecurity Framework One Year Later

McDermott Will & Emery on 5/5/2015

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released its Cybersecurity Framework (Framework) almost 15 months ago and charged critical infrastructure companies within the United States to improve their...more

Department of Energy Invites Cybersecurity Comments

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 6/20/2014

In a Federal Register notice to be officially published Friday, June 20, 2014, the Department of Energy (DOE) is inviting public participation in its efforts to develop a guidance document entitled “Energy Sector Framework...more

Utilities Sector To Be a Focus of Executive Order Directing Development of Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Framework

Cozen O'Connor on 2/20/2013

Little more than a week after reports of cyber attacks targeted at the Department of Energy, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, President Obama declared in his State of the Union address that these forms of...more

President Obama Signs Executive Order on Cybersecurity

Morgan Lewis on 2/15/2013

Order will create a voluntary Cybersecurity Framework for designated critical infrastructure within a year. On February 12, President Barack Obama signed an executive order directing the Department of Homeland Security...more

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