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Hospital Administrators – Is Your Hospital Cyber-Secure?

Lippes Mathias LLP on 11/20/2024

On October 2, 2024, New York adopted new regulations requiring general hospitals to implement heightened cybersecurity safeguards. General hospitals, as defined in Article 28 of the NY Public Health Law, generally must begin...more

Cybersecurity for Medical Practices: Addressing the HIPAA in the Room

Kerr Russell on 3/30/2023

Cybersecurity attacks, such as malware, phishing emails, and password attacks, are a growing threat to patients and medical practices. Cyber attacks can significantly disrupt patient care, including by exposing confidential...more

Non-Profit Organizations Can Reduce Risks by Addressing Data Privacy Concerns in Advance

Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP on 8/31/2022

With the threat of cyber-attacks making the news, it is a good time for all non-profit organizations to review their policies and procedures with respect to data privacy. Many non-profit organizations are particularly...more

Your Business Experienced a Ransomware Attack, and It Was Not Prepared – Now What?

Burr & Forman on 6/22/2021

It is hard to find a news post without a story on a ransomware attack. The National Security Council has issued an open letter warning all businesses to be alert and prepared for ransomware attacks. Various industry groups...more

National Cybersecurity Awareness Month: 3 tips to jump-start your cybersecurity preparedness

McAfee & Taft on 10/2/2020

We are all facing new challenges in this pandemic, including the shift to and growth of remote work. Meanwhile, we also have to contend with the increased volume of attempted cyberattacks. Despite the distraction of the...more

Top 10 Topics for Directors in 2020: Cybersecurity

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 3/6/2020

Cybersecurity and Privacy - Despite cries from corporations and privacy advocates across America for a unified federal privacy law, the nation’s toughest privacy law—the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)—went into...more

Issues to Consider when Evaluating Cyber Coverage in Light of the CCPA and Other State Privacy Laws

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 11/4/2019

With the expansion of privacy legislation—from the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in Europe to the coming California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in the United States—cyber liability insurance is taking on increased...more

FFIEC Highlights Cyber Insurance for Financial Institutions

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 4/18/2018

The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) has issued a joint statement emphasizing the need for lenders and servicers to include cyber insurance in their risk management program. Although the FFIEC did...more

Use This Checklist to Assess Your Cybersecurity Preparedness

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC on 11/1/2017

When was the last time your organization did an assessment of its cybersecurity preparedness? October was designated as Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Even though October is coming to a close, it is important to continue your...more

Privacy Tip #109 – Cybersecurity Tips for Small (and all) Businesses

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 10/12/2017

I travel around helping businesses, both large and small, work on assessing their cybersecurity risks and implement measures to protect data, reduce risk and comply with applicable state and federal laws. In doing so, it is...more

SEC Cybersecurity Update

Proskauer on Privacy on 10/20/2015

Results from the SEC’s First Round of Cybersecurity Examinations - On February 3, 2015, the OCIE published a risk alert summarizing its findings from its examinations of over 100 registered investment advisers and...more

SEC Brings First Cybersecurity Enforcement Proceeding in Wake of Risk Alert

Foley & Lardner LLP on 10/8/2015

Highlights Areas of High Risk and Examination Priorities for Financial Industry Firms - On September 15, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) Office of Compliance, Inspections and Examinations (OCIE),...more

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