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Joint Bulletin Warns Health Sector of Potential Coordinated Multi-City Attack

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 3/28/2025

On March 20, 2025, the American Hospital Association (AHA) and the Health-ISAC issued an alert to the health care sector warning of a social media post that posed a potential threat “related to the active planning of a...more

New FDA Guidance on AI and Medical Products

Troutman Pepper Locke on 4/12/2024

n March 15, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a paper titled “Artificial Intelligence and Medical Products: How CBER, CDER, CDRH, and OCP are Working Together.” This paper describes the FDA’s strategy for...more

Unlocking the Power of Precision: Data Quality and Accessibility for Corporate Security Departments

Guidepost Solutions LLC on 2/15/2024

Amidst the relentless waves of pandemic-induced uncertainty, organizations found themselves at a crossroads, compelled to reimagine how their businesses operated. For example, when stay at home orders continued to be extended...more

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

New Cybersecurity Tools for the Healthcare and Public Health Sector

K&L Gates LLP on 4/25/2023

Cybersecurity is not simply a technical issue of interest only to information technology departments. Cybersecurity issues create risk throughout health care entities and must be managed as a core business risk; at a minimum,...more

Transatlantic Legal-Regulatory Update: Live from the Heart of Silicon Valley

Gardner Law on 12/2/2022

US and EU Life Sciences Law firms Fieldfisher & Gardner Law recently held a CLE event in Silicon Valley covering Healthcare Compliance, Data Privacy and Regulatory hot topics for MedTech and Pharma companies. Discussion...more

Belonging, Connection, and Inclusion Amid COVID-19

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 4/16/2020

In a short span of time, we have gone from thinking about the virus as a distant concern to working remotely from home as we have been asked to help flatten the curve by social distancing. We are daily bombarded with news and...more

Beware of COVID-19-Based Cyber Attacks, Say US and UK Agencies

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 4/9/2020

Malicious cyber actors have been exploiting the COVID-19 crisis, warn the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) in a joint...more

FTC Ramps up COVID-19 Activity After Improving its Data Security Enforcement Orders

Proskauer on Privacy on 4/1/2020

With the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), cybersecurity criminals and scammers are ramping up their efforts to target vulnerable employers and workforces. The FTC announced today that since January they have...more

COVID-19 and Cybersecurity: Best Practices in an Uncertain Landscape

Carlton Fields on 3/18/2020

For many people and organizations, COVID-19 caused a rapid transition to remote learning and working; for hackers and other bad actors, it has created new opportunities. Whether by virtue of a remote and distracted workforce,...more

Guidance from E.U. Supervisory Authorities on Data Processing in a Time of COVID-19

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 3/17/2020

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and a number of European data protection supervisory authorities have recently issued guidance on processing personal data, including special categories of personal data (i.e., health...more

Coronavirus (COVID-19): Managing Cyber Security Risks of Remote Work

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 3/17/2020

With cases of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) emerging in nearly every state, many businesses are taking swift action in an effort to curb its spread. Teleworking, “remote working,” or simply “working from home,” is a...more

Five Cybersecurity Practices to Minimize Risk During Coronavirus

Lowndes on 3/16/2020

As concerns about the coronavirus (COVID-19) continue to grow, many companies are planning to have more employees work from home. While these measures are aimed at keeping employees healthy and safe, it’s also important to...more

Employers Take Notice: Increased Cybersecurity Threats Amid Coronavirus Precautions

Hogan Lovells on 3/16/2020

On March 11, the Word Health Organization officially characterized the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak as a pandemic. During the outbreak, many employers around the world are seeking to prioritize the well-being and safety of...more

Protecting against Cybersecurity Threats when Working from Home

Proskauer - New Media & Technology on 3/13/2020

With the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), many organizations are requiring or permitting employees to work remotely. This post is intended to remind employers and employees that in the haste to implement widespread...more

COVID-19: FINRA Addresses U.S. Broker-Dealer Preparedness and Regulatory Relief in Regulatory Notice 20-08

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives on 3/12/2020

On March 9, 2020, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) published Regulatory Notice 20-08 (Notice) with respect to business continuity planning in connection with the recent coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. ...more

How to Be Ready for Coronavirus-Related Cybersecurity Challenges

Ballard Spahr LLP on 3/12/2020

The novel coronavirus outbreak is creating electronic communication and data privacy concerns on a number of fronts. One immediate effect is a significant increase in phishing scams, used by threat actors to launch malware...more

Coronavirus and the “100% Work-From-Home” Scenario: Review Agreements with Vendors of Remote Access Technology

Proskauer - New Media & Technology on 3/10/2020

As part of the response to the outbreak of COVID-19, many organizations are working on contingency and business continuity plans that include an all-employee “work-from-home” scenario. If it becomes necessary to implement...more

COVID-19 Threats Raise Pressure on IT Systems and Cybersecurity Readiness

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 3/10/2020

Practical steps to address cybersecurity threats—precautions to prepare for the possible system impacts from COVID-19. Organizations preparing for COVID-19 are testing and implementing business continuity plans to address...more

Cybersecurity, Common Sense, and COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019)

Holland & Knight LLP on 3/6/2020

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that it is "responding to an outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel (new) coronavirus that was first detected in China and which has now been detected in...more

Beware the Coronavirus Email Scams

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 3/6/2020

COVID-19 is not the only virus associated with the global outbreak. As predictably as night follows day, cybercriminals have been using the epidemic as a means to spread their malicious payloads. Companies should include...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - December 2018 #3

Robinson & Cole LLP on 12/27/2018

For data security buffs like me, the recent McAfee® Labs Threats Report, December 2018 is, or should be, a top pick on the list. Well, maybe not for the holiday reading list. We need to be careful not to bring up the results...more

White House Releases Report on Electricity Sector State of Preparedness to Cyber Attacks - Joint DHS-DOE Report Discusses Gaps and...

Holland & Knight LLP on 6/5/2018

On May 30, 2018, the White House released a key report, entitled "Assessment of Electricity Disruption Incident Response Capabilities," which was required by the May 2017 White House Cybersecurity Executive Order 13800...more

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