Cybersecurity, NIST, Encryption

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

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog on 6/3/2024

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

Getting ready for quantum computing: Managing the quantum threat

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 8/5/2022

Experts estimate that within the next decade or so, adversaries will have the capacity to use quantum computing to break the encryption on virtually all existing digital databases. This is why it is highly significant...more

Preparing for the Post-Quantum Migration: A Race to Save the Internet

Womble Bond Dickinson on 7/30/2021

Most people don’t know, or care to know, about cryptography. Without cryptography, the internet privacy that we all rely on for transmitting virtually all forms of digital communication would be insecure from attackers. Our...more

President Biden Announces Sweeping New Cybersecurity Reforms

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 5/20/2021

The President’s new Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity includes wide-ranging measures intended to strengthen security standards for the federal government and federal government contractors in response to...more

Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update Vol. 14

Jones Day on 6/5/2017

New York Attorney General Announces Record Number of Data Breach Notices in 2016 - On March 21, 2017, the New York Attorney General's Office announced that it received 1,300 reported data breaches in 2016—a 60 percent...more

New York State Department of Financial Services Cybersecurity Regulation Poised to Reshape Existing Regulatory Landscape

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 2/1/2017

In late December, New York State’s Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) released its revised proposed cybersecurity regulation (the “DFS Rule”). While the revisions pare back some of the DFS Rule’s original requirements...more

Financial Industry Groups Criticize New York Department of Financial Services Cybersecurity Proposal

Proskauer on Privacy on 12/23/2016

As we previously reported, in September 2016 the New York Department of Financial Services (the “DFS”) proposed a regulation that would require banks, insurance companies and other financial services institutions regulated by...more

FTC Makes Clear that NIST Cyber Framework is Not a Cure-All

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 9/12/2016

Last week, the FTC published a blog post titled The NIST Cybersecurity Framework and the FTC, in which the agency issued a nuanced answer to an oft-asked question: “If I comply with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, am I...more

NAIC Releases Draft of Revised Insurance Data Security Model Law for Review

Robinson+Cole Property Insurance Coverage... on 9/7/2016

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Cybersecurity Task Force released a revised draft of the Insurance Data Security Model Law (Model Law) last week. The Model Law’s goal is to “establish exclusive...more

NAIC Released Revised Insurance Data Security Model Law Draft For Review

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 9/2/2016

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Cybersecurity Task Force released a revised draft of the Insurance Data Security Model Law (Model Law) last week. The Model Law’s goal is to “establish exclusive...more

FTC v. Wyndham: The Third Circuit Recognizes FTC Authority to Regulate Commercial Cyber Security Practices

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 9/30/2015

In 2014, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruling in FTC v. Wyndham Worldwide Corporation agreed to hear an immediate appeal on two issues: “whether the FTC has authority to regulate cybersecurity under...more

NIST releases draft guide for use of mobile devices for medical providers

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

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) cybersecurity center released a draft guide last week for health IT professionals to use to bolster security for the use of mobile devices in the health care industry....more

NIST Issues Guidelines on Mobile Security

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 7/11/2013

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued guidelines to help federal agencies manage and secure mobile devices used by their employees for government business....more

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