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FTC Extends Effective Date of Safeguard Rule Amendments to June

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced that the effective date for the new substantive information security requirements in the revised Safeguard Rule has been extended from December 9, 2022 to June 9, 2023....more

Fisher Phillips

Steering Your Auto Dealership into Compliance with New Information Security Rules: A 9-Step Guide

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Auto dealerships that provide financing are subject to the Gramm Leach Bliley Act (GLBA). That’s the old news. What’s new is that GLBA-covered businesses have until December 9 to implement significant changes to their...more

Wiley Rein LLP

[Webinar] FTC’s Revised Safeguards Rule: How To Navigate New Information Security Requirements - February 16th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm...

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The Federal Trade Commission’s revised Safeguards Rule, which enumerates specific cybersecurity standards and procedures, will impose many new obligations on companies that are covered as “financial institutions” under the...more

Oberheiden P.C.

Are You a Financial Institution? GLBA Law & Compliance

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The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) is a federal law that establishes various legal requirements for companies that qualify as “financial institutions” under the Act. The GLBA’s definition of a “financial institution” is...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

NAIC Model Cyber Law: Yet Another Regulatory Measure

The National Association of Insurance Commissioner’s (NAIC) model cybersecurity law will take center stage later this week at the group’s annual meeting in Denver. In its third draft, the Insurance Data Security Model...more

Snell & Wilmer

Cybersecurity Requirements Proposed for New York Financial Companies

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The New York Department of Financial Services has proposed new cybersecurity regulations “designed to promote the protection of customer information as well as the information technology systems of regulated entities...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

FFIEC Offers Guidance on Information Security Exams

How will examiners review the information security programs of financial institutions? Revised guidance from the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) provides help to banks by articulating the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

New York State Department of Financial Services Proposes Cybersecurity Regulations for Financial Services Companies

If the New York State Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) has its way, come January 1, 2017, financial services companies that require a form of authorization to operate under the banking, insurance, or financial...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

FFIEC Warns of Cyber Attacks

The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) reiterated the importance of banks protecting themselves from cyber attacks in a newly issued statement, urging financial institutions to "actively manage the...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

CFPB Information Security Remains a Challenge

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The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has released the “2015 list of major management challenges” faced by the CFPB that the OIG believes will hamper the CFPB’s ability to accomplish the CFPB’s strategic objectives. Like...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Information Security: MBA Whitepaper

Recently, the Mortgage Bankers Association released “The Basic Components of an Information Security Program,” for small and medium size companies in the mortgage industry that may not have the resources to stay well-informed...more

Morgan Lewis

National Futures Association Proposes Cybersecurity Guidance for NFA Member Firms

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NFA links NFA’s supervisory requirements with its proposed requirements mandating that NFA Members have information systems security programs. The National Futures Association (NFA) has proposed cybersecurity...more

Pillsbury - Global Sourcing Practice

Under the Thumb: Regulatory Compliance When Outsourcing Cybersecurity Management

Managed security services are often a natural “add-on” when outsourcing IT services given that data protection is integral to application development, software as a service, and cloud storage, among other services. More...more

Carlton Fields

Cybersecurity Coverage Litigation: Learning to Survive After the Second Wave Hits

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It’s a familiar pattern. First, new risks inspire legislation and regulations that impose new penalties. Next, insurers and policyholders fight over whether the new liabilities are covered under traditional liability...more

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