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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter - May 2024

Troutman Pepper on 5/8/2024

To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week...more

Wireless Roundup (February 2024)

Wiley Rein LLP on 2/2/2024

FCC Requests Comment on CPNI/SIM Change Authentication Item: In this Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) seeks comment on whether to harmonize the existing...more

Wireless Roundup (December 2023)

Wiley Rein LLP on 12/1/2023

FCC Seeks Comment on Safeguarding and Securing the Open Internet: In this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) proposes to reinstate the open Internet rules the...more

NIST updates its Cybersecurity Framework

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 8/28/2023

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently unveiled a proposed update to its Cybersecurity Framework, which was originally developed to provide information security guidelines for “critical...more

UPDATE: Secure Software Development Attestation: A(nother) Government Requirement

Fenwick & West LLP on 5/30/2023

As follow-on guidance to Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) September 14, 2022 memo and the associated Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity from May 2021, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security...more

NIST Releases Public Draft of Revised Guidelines Aimed at Helping Contractors Protect Sensitive Information

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 5/12/2023

On May 10, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released its initial public draft of SP 800-171, Revision 3, a set of updated guidelines aimed at helping organizations better handle confidential...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

HHS seeks comment by June 6 on recognized security practices as mitigating factor in HIPAA enforcement

Hogan Lovells on 4/19/2022

The US Department of Health Human Services (HHS) is seeking public comments about the appropriate role of “recognized security practices” in enforcement of the HIPAA Security Rule. Congress, through an amendment to the HITECH...more

NIST Seeks Public Comment on Eight Emerging Technology Areas to Advance More Productive Tech Economy

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 12/3/2021

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issued a request for public comment to help guide the development of the current and future state of technology in eight emerging technology areas. Those areas include...more

Changes Coming to DOD’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification under CMMC 2.0

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 11/24/2021

On November 17, 2021, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) published an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) previewing significant changes to its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program.1 The...more

NIST Publishes Draft Security Criteria for Consumer Software

McDermott Will & Emery on 11/24/2021

Consumer software providers will soon have the option to label their software as compliant with National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) standards for software security. On November 1, 2021, NIST published its...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

White House to Introduce ‘Zero Trust’ Cybersecurity Policy to Federal Agencies

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 10/6/2021

Last month, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Cyber and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released draft guidance to implement a Zero Trust cybersecurity policy government-wide. OMB and CISA are seeking...more

Wireless Roundup (July 2021)

Wiley Rein LLP on 7/1/2021

Key Wireless Deadlines - FCC Requests Comment on a Petition for Reconsideration of 2016 Updates to the Lifeline Program: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) requests comment via a Public Notice to...more

Amid Release of Framework, HHS Pledges Access to Records, Privacy, Interoperability

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 2/12/2020

Report on Patient Privacy 20, no. 2 (February 2020) - The year is still young, but the federal government has announced a potentially far-reaching privacy effort that should catch HIPAA compliance officers’ attention. And...more

White House Releases Proposed Guidance for the Regulation of AI

Proskauer - New Media & Technology on 1/9/2020

On January 7, 2019, the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released a draft of a memorandum setting forth guidance to assist federal agencies in developing regulatory and non-regulatory approaches regarding...more

Achieving Industry Standards

Stoel Rives - Global Privacy & Security Blog® on 10/29/2019

For Cybersecurity and Privacy, “What Are the Industry Standards? Are We Meeting Them?” These are questions the FTC Chairman, Joseph Simons, strongly suggested a CEO must ask before a data breach occurs to avoid the...more

NIST Unveils IoT Baseline of Core Cybersecurity Features for Comment

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 8/21/2019

In a release aptly labeled “A Starting Point for IoT Device Manufacturers” the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an arm of the Department of Commerce, recently added to the discussion with the...more

ICYMI: A quick look at recent Privacy and Cybersecurity headlines

McGuireWoods LLP on 3/25/2019

FTC Seeks Comment on Proposed Amendments to Safeguards and Privacy Rules - The FTC is seeking comment on proposed changes to the Safeguards Rule and the Privacy Rule under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. The Safeguards Rule...more

FDA Issues New Draft Cybersecurity Guidance for Medical Devices

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 11/30/2018

The Food & Drug Administration has recently released for comment a draft expansion of guidance regarding Content of Premarket Submissions for Management of Cybersecurity in Medical Devices. Although the FDA issued existing...more

October Is National Cyber Security Awareness Month: NTIA Requests Comment on a Proposed Risk-Management Approach to Consumer Data...

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 10/1/2018

Welcome to October! October 2018 marks the 15th year of the observance of National Cyber Security Awareness Month, a joint effort of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the National Cyber Security Awareness Alliance....more

New Proposed DoD Cyber Guidance May Fuel Bid Protest Docket

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 5/17/2018

Newly published draft DoD Guidance for Reviewing System Security Plans (SSP) and the “NIST SP 800-171 Security Requirements Not Yet Implemented” answer some questions but may also result in an increased protest docket due to...more

DoD Issues New Guidance to Drive Compliance with NIST 800-171 Cybersecurity Requirements

White and Williams LLP on 5/3/2018

Is this a Start of Something New for Third-Party Management? The demand for responsible cybersecurity in business is ubiquitous. The need to protect information is not limited to the financial services, insurance and...more

NIST Publishes Draft 2 of the Revised NIST Cybersecurity Framework for Comment by January 19, 2018

Balch & Bingham LLP on 12/11/2017

On December 5, 2017, NIST published a revised version of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (i.e., Draft 2 of Version 1.1) (“Framework”). According to NIST, Version 1.1 of the Framework refines, clarifies, and enhances Version...more

NIST Releases Highly-Anticipated Draft Special Publication on Assessing the Security Requirements in NIST SP 800-171 for...

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 12/4/2017

Pursuant to DFARS 252.204-7012, DoD contractors are to implement the security requirements in NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-171 by December 31, 2017. NIST SP 800-171 includes security requirements for protecting...more

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