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Mitratech Holdings, Inc

Caution! Credential Stuffing on the Rise

If you have a tendency to reuse the same password across multiple accounts, you could be leaving yourself (and your organization) exposed to risk. Credential stuffing, the stealthy technique fueling a recent explosion of...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Privacy Peril: I’ll Take a (Chrome)Pass

We’ve spoken before of the need to make your website passwords some combination of complex, long, unusual, nonsensical, personally memorable, etc. For those of us who comply with those suggestions, but have an inflated...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Hash Functions: Their Utility for Both Clients and Lawyers

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"You're storing the passwords in plaintext?" My college professor looked at me puzzled. I had to immediately fix this. It was a huge security problem in my senior project, a web-based e-commerce platform. If any hacker tapped...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Privacy Peril: The Dog Ate My Password

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We have (rightly) harped on the necessity of unique and complex passwords, strengthened by multi-factor authentication (temporary text codes, rolling RSA numbers, secret answers to questions, fingerprint or facial...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

ABA Provides New Guidance On Remote Work For Lawyers

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On March 10, 2021, the American Bar Association released new guidance for attorneys working remotely. While there has never been a distinction in the Model Rules for Professional Conduct between working in a brick-and-mortar...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Privacy Perils: Password Quarantine Hygiene

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Some have used the pandemic, and now the extended inclement weather, to learn to play a musical instrument, speak a new language or another new skill. If those are beyond any of your reasonable expectations, do not simply...more

Troutman Pepper

Digital Planning Podcast - Interview With Leeza Garber

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The Digital Planning Podcast is designed to educate individuals about all things digital in connection with estate planning, business planning, and estate administration. Your hosts, attorneys Jennifer Zegel, Ross Bruch, and...more

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Coronavirus Home Office Security – Practical Tips for Securing Your “New” Home Office

I’ve been working as an independent consultant for quite some time. Along the journey, I’ve picked up many tips and tricks to maximize productivity while working from home with great results. There have been many articles...more

White & Case LLP

Cybersecurity and the UK legal landscape

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As businesses continue to digitise their assets and operations, the need to continually assess IT infrastructure and the technical measures in place to safeguard key information assets and data becomes ever more important....more

Baker Donelson

Protecting LTC Residents' PHI: Eight Tips for Avoiding a Data Breach

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Organizations that meet the definition of "covered entity" under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and its implementing regulations (HIPAA) must be diligent to maintain the privacy and security...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Privacy Perils: Til Death Do Us Part

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Much has been written – and hopefully read – on securing your passwords from disclosure. But what about when you want or need your passwords located? Failing to make proper (and secure) arrangements for your passwords to be...more

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Privacy Perils: Protecting Data While on the Road

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When the world’s cyber-security experts meet at the largest computer security conference in Las Vegas, many of them leave their regular devices at home and either forgo electronics all together or bring burner phones and...more

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

Use This Checklist to Assess Your Cybersecurity Preparedness

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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

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Redefining U.S. Export Controls: Takeaways from Key Changes Effective September 1st

On September 1, 2016 new rules previously published by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)1 and the U.S. Department of State, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC)2 will become...more

King & Spalding

Weak Baby Monitor Security Subject of FTC Internet of Things Study

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On January 19, the Federal Trade Commission posted the results of a small study of baby monitor security, finding that four out of five devices tested did not have basic security procedures in place. The FTC warned that such...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Class Is in Session: The FTC Launches New Data Security Initiative

Why it matters - The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) kicked off a new educational initiative to provide guidance to businesses in the area of data security. Based on the lessons learned from more than 50 of the agency's...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Data Security 101 for Business – Guidance from the Federal Trade Commission

Recently the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a guide, Start with Security: A Guide for Business, which pulls from lessons learned from the 50+ data security enforcement actions that the FTC has announced. To be clear,...more

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