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More States Ban Foreign AI Tools on Government Devices

Womble Bond Dickinson on 4/14/2025

Alabama and Oklahoma have become the latest states to ban from state-owned devices and networks certain AI tools with links to foreign governments. ...more

President Trump Issues Executive Order Calling on State and Local Governments to Support National Resilience

Latham & Watkins LLP on 3/31/2025

The order prioritizes extensive policy reviews, the introduction of a National Resilience Strategy and National Risk Register, and increased reliance on state and local governments to strengthen national infrastructure....more

Trump EO on Preparedness and Resilience Could Signal Major Shifts in Federal Role

Wiley Rein LLP on 3/26/2025

On March 19, 2025, the White House released Executive Order (EO) 14239, Achieving Efficiency Through State and Local Preparedness, which calls for a comprehensive review of and changes to many long-standing federal...more

MS-ISAC Loses Funding and Cooperative Agreement with CIS

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 3/13/2025

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) confirmed on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, that the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) will lose its federal funding and cooperative agreement...more

Need for Enhanced Cybersecurity in Public Finance — Cyberthieves Steal Bond Proceeds

Troutman Pepper Locke on 3/12/2025

Recent events highlight the need for enhanced cybersecurity protocols in government offices across the U.S. In late November 2024, the Township of White Lake in Michigan, intended to issue approximately $29 million in general...more

State Regulators Address Insurers’ Use of AI: 11 States Adopt NAIC Model Bulletin

McDermott Will & Emery on 6/5/2024

In December 2023, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) adopted a Model Bulletin on the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Systems by Insurers. The model bulletin reminds insurance carriers that they...more

Florida Bill Proposes Safe Harbor Against Breach Suits to Businesses Maintaining Recognized Cybersecurity Programs

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 1/25/2024

A recently introduced bill in the Florida Legislature would provide businesses operating in Florida, including health care providers, with a legal defense to data breach lawsuits if they maintain robust cybersecurity measures...more

Right To Know - November 2023, Vol. 11

Clark Hill PLC on 11/13/2023

Cyber, Privacy, and Technology Report - Welcome to your monthly rundown of all things cyber, privacy, and technology, where we highlight all the happenings you may have missed....more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - September 2023

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 10/3/2023

In this month’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine Delaware’s new comprehensive data privacy law, a joint statement by 12 data protection authorities on data scraping and data protection, a district court ruling on a...more

New Iowa Legislation Creates Cybersecurity Safe Harbor

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 7/19/2023

Iowa becomes the fourth U.S. state to provide an affirmative defense for companies that adopt a cybersecurity framework - Iowa is the fourth state—following Ohio, Connecticut, and Utah—to provide a statutory incentive for...more

Cybersecurity Basics Are Key to Combating Ransomware

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 6/30/2022

The onslaught of ransomware attacks by cybercriminals increases unabated every year, affecting everyone from mom and pop shops on Main Street to corporate lions of Wall Street. Hackers infiltrate an organization's computer...more

North Carolina is the First State to Prohibit Public Entities from Paying Ransoms: What Does This Mean for North Carolina Public...

BakerHostetler on 5/20/2022

On April 5th, North Carolina became the first state to prohibit state agencies and local governments from paying ransoms after becoming victims of a ransomware attack. Indeed, in addition to prohibiting said entities from...more

Analyzing the Impact of the Many New Rules of Cybersecurity

Association of Certified E-Discovery... on 12/15/2021

The federal government is trying to find as many ways as possible to handle the cybersecurity crisis facing the United States. While it is unlikely that Congress will pass a comprehensive federal cybersecurity law for the...more

FBI Warns of Ransomware Risk Over Labor Day Holiday Weekend

Butler Snow LLP on 9/3/2021

This week the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a joint Cybersecurity Advisory warning of an increase in ransomware risks over the Labor Day holiday weekend – when offices are normally...more

State Legislatures Consider Bans on Ransomware Payments

Alston & Bird on 6/21/2021

As ransomware attacks continue to dominate the news cycle, legislation has recently been introduced in several states that would place limits on certain entities’ ability to pay a ransom payment in the event of a ransomware...more

White House Guidance on Ransomware

Butler Snow LLP on 6/17/2021

Ransomware has become the fastest growing type of cybercrime facing businesses today. In 2021, loss values were estimated to have reached at least 57 times those in 2015, exceeding $20 billion. Data and privacy issues are so...more

Utah Gets A New Data Breach Defense Law

Husch Blackwell LLP on 3/30/2021

Keypoint: New Utah law creates incentive for businesses to develop and implement a written cybersecurity program to protect themselves against data breach lawsuits. On March 11, 2021, Utah governor Spencer Cox signed the...more

New York regulator issues cyber insurance risk framework with implications for insurers and insureds

Hogan Lovells on 2/17/2021

On February 4, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) released Insurance Circular Letter No. 2 (2021), a Cyber Insurance Risk Framework (Framework) for insurers that write cyber insurance....more

Virginia poised to enact comprehensive consumer privacy law

Hogan Lovells on 2/10/2021

Virginia is on track to be the second U.S. state to enact comprehensive consumer privacy legislation. Both the Virginia House of Delegates and the Virginia Senate have passed nearly identical versions of the Consumer Data...more

Is Your Business Collecting COVID-19-Related Employee Data? If so, You May Need to Update Your CCPA Employee Notice

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 11/25/2020

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) requires businesses covered by the CCPA to notify their employees of the categories of personal information the business collects about employees and the purposes for which the...more

Practical Advice on Privacy: CCPA: What Companies Need to Do Ahead of July 1 Enforcement

Morgan Lewis on 6/4/2020

With the July 1 enforcement of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) less than a month away, the state attorney general has finally submitted the final text of the proposed CCPA regulations to the California Office of...more

New York SHIELD Act: What New Data Security Requirements Mean for Your Business

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP on 6/1/2020

Certain provisions of the New York Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act (SHIELD Act) recently took effect in the state of New York. The act was signed into law by the governor in July 2019, and its data breach...more

Quarantine Your Sensitive Business Information to Avoid Inadvertent Tipping Liability

King & Spalding on 4/13/2020

If you are reading this during April 2020, you’re probably reading it from somewhere in your own home — and probably near the friends and loved ones with whom you’re living in close quarters during this time of remote work,...more

Are You in Compliance With New York’s Newest Requirement to Develop, Maintain, and Implement Reasonable Safeguards to Protect New...

Carlton Fields on 4/2/2020

The new data security requirements provision of New York’s Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security (SHIELD) Act went into full force as of March 21, 2020, and all people and businesses, regardless of the state in...more

Update: Security Requirements under New York SHIELD Act to Go Into Effect

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing on 3/17/2020

One of the major changes introduced by the Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security (SHIELD) Act, which was signed into New York law last year, is scheduled to take effect this week. ...more

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