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Deck the Halls with Cyber Walls: Navigating National Security in the Digital Age

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Cybersecurity and national security collided in significant ways in 2024, with governments and private-sector entities grappling with the legal, technical, and policy challenges of a rapidly evolving cyber landscape....more

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White House Issues Open Letter to Private Businesses Regarding the Threat of Ransomware

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On June 2, 2021, Anne Neuberger, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology, published a rare open letter to the corporate executives and business leaders of...more

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Ransomware on the Rise in Critical Infrastructure Sector

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Recent ransomware attacks against U.S. critical infrastructure, which includes the energy sector’s production of oil and natural gas, and other sources of electricity and power, have shed a spotlight on the importance of...more

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First A Ransomware Attack, Now Sanctions? New OFAC Advisory Warns of Sanctions Risks for Facilitating Ransomware Payments

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On October 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) released an advisory regarding potential sanctions risks related to facilitating ransomware payments... OFAC is the federal...more

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To Pay or Not to Pay? Evolving Legal Considerations With Ransomware

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1. Overview of the regulatory issues facing companies—and cyber insurers—that may need to respond to ransomware emanating from a threat actor or group with potential ties to entities on federal lists.- The U.S. Treasury...more

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