No Password Required: Chief Adversarial Officer at Secure Yeti, a DEF CON Groups Global Ambassador, and a World-Class Awkward Hugger
Digital Planning Podcast Episode: When Cyber Attacks Hit Home
Overview of Cybersecurity in Government Contracts
Cybersecurity: What Healthcare Providers Need to Know
No Password Required: The Teenage CEO of Girls Who Hack and Secure Open Vote, Who Is as Comfortable Behind a Mic as She Is Behind a Keyboard.
2022 DSIR Deeper Dive: NFTs
No Password Required: The Sailing CTO of Sylint Group Who Routinely Defends Against Nation-State Attacks on Critical Infrastructure
Webinar Recording - Crypto Breaches: Legal & Regulatory Update
No Password Required: A Cybersecurity Education Specialist, Whose Passions Include the Forest, DIY, and Deviled Eggs
Cyberside Chats: Everyone wants to be Batman. Hacking Back & Cybersecurity Law
Defense In-Depth: Cybersecurity For Energy
Greetings and Felicitations - Aly McDevitt on Ransomware Case Study, Part 2
Not If, but When: A Data Protection Roadmap for Legal Teams in a Post-Pandemic World
How to Protect your Organization From a Cybersecurity Attack
Phishing: Cybersecurity’s Biggest Threat
No Password Required: An Infowar Expert Paved the Path From Rock-And-Roll to Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Webinar Series: Password Protected: Essential Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Planning for Your Small Business
CF on Cyber: The Anatomy of a Ransomware Attack - Part 2
CF on Cyber: The Anatomy of a Ransomware Attack - Part 1
Fighting Cyber Crime: The $1 Trillion Invisible Threat
While the balance of security, privacy, and public safety has always been a concern, recent cyberattacks have highlighted conflicting guidance by United States government officials, creating potential pitfalls for businesses....more
As the last two years have clearly demonstrated, no organization is immune from cyberattacks. Indeed, numerous studies have reported that a majority of businesses have been impacted by at least one cyberattack over the past...more
More than a decade ago, I expressed concern about the Securities and Exchange Commission's predilection for targeting victims of crimes. That concern related to an enforcement action against a company that had been...more
The SEC recently issued an order and settlement against a company from a pair of cyberattacks in which millions of dollars of client funds were stolen. While the company was able to recover a portion of the funds and...more
Hackers are now weaponizing the SEC’s cyber disclosure rules as a new way to pressure corporations. You may recall that the Securities and Exchange Commission has new rules for timely disclosure of cyberattacks. One major...more
CYBERSECURITY - SEC’s Hacked X Account Leads to Tumultuous Bitcoin Market - The Securities and Exchange Commission has confirmed that its X account “was compromised, and an unauthorized post was posted.” The SEC...more
In 2024, businesses will continue to face an evolving landscape of cyber threats, along with an increasingly complex regulatory environment. With heightened scrutiny from regulators, consumers, and investors, the need to...more
In Short - The Situation: Following a cyberattack on a law firm's systems, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") subpoenaed the firm for information, including the identity of clients whose information may have...more
“Material Cybersecurity Incident” Standard Will Have a Monumental Impact on Current Cyber Disclosure Requirements - On July 26, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted the Cybersecurity Risk...more
On July 26, 2023, the SEC adopted final rules that require public companies to promptly disclose material cybersecurity incidents on Form 8-K and detailed information regarding their cybersecurity risk management and...more
CYBERSECURITY - SEC Adopts New Cybersecurity Rules for Public Companies - In a 3-2 vote, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted new cybersecurity rules yesterday (July 26, 2023) applicable to public...more
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced on Monday that it is settling a case against Drizly and its CEO stemming from a 2020 data breach that impacted roughly 2.5 million consumers. The proposed order not only...more
We continue our year-end review of SEC enforcement activity and turn our attention to a topic grabbing seemingly daily headlines across multiple industries: cybersecurity. As the risks – and realities – of cyberattacks...more
As companies collect growing amounts of data about their customers and other consumers, sophisticated adversaries, recognizing the value of this information, have increased their efforts to pilfer it. For publicly traded...more
The massive data breach of the United States Commerce and Treasury Departments that has roiled the federal government has resulted in federal securities litigation. On January 4, 2021, Plaintiff-Shareholder Timothy Bremer...more
The coronavirus crisis is far from over, and compliance professionals still need every scrap of guidance that regulators can provide about how to run compliance programs in these difficult times. So when the Securities and...more
FINRA held its bi-annual Cybersecurity Conference in January and recently published five take-away real-world experiences from the conference...more
In our second installment of a three-part series, we look at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s cyber-related enforcement actions in 2018....more
In the aftermath of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) latest Report of Investigation (“Report”) regarding cyberattacks via “spoofed or manipulated electronic communications,” companies should prepare to adjust...more
In a recent speech, SEC Commissioner Kara Stein commented on the importance of cybersecurity. The Commissioner noted that encouraging adoption of written policies and procedures, voluntary frameworks and non-binding guidance...more
As cybersecurity attacks have continued to gain prominence as a threat posing critical risk management and compliance challenges for financial institutions, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has emerged as an...more
On Feb. 22, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued its first interpretive guidance since October 2011 on public companies’ cybersecurity risk and incident disclosure obligations. ...more
The Commission's "new" cybersecurity guidance largely rehashes existing guidance, as is highlighted by objections from two commissioners. At most, the additional qualitative guidance is incremental. It reiterates the need to...more
In February 2018 the SEC outlined its views with respect to cybersecurity disclosure requirements under the federal securities laws as they apply to public reporting companies. Set forth below is a checklist of items included...more
On Feb. 21, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released interpretive guidance on public companies’ disclosure practices regarding cybersecurity breaches and risks to the public....more