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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Policyholder Observer

Encryption Flaw "Heartbleed" Creates Data Risk: How Insurance Can Stanch the Bleeding - In early April, news broke of an encryption flaw named “Heartbleed” that exposed companies to data breaches for over two and one...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Privacy Tuesday: June 2014

Welcome to another week, and our Privacy Tuesday look at top issues. California Attorney General Puts the Focus on the Consumer - As we have discussed, the California Online Privacy Protection Act was amended,...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Financial Services Report, Summer 2014

In This Issue: - Beltway Report - Bureau Report - Mobile Payments - Mortgage and Fair Lending Report - Operations Report - Preemption Report - Privacy Report - Arbitration Report - TCPA Report ...more

Blank Rome LLP

Is the Password Finally Dead? Fernando Corbató Hopes So.

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As noted in a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, although his impact on our daily lives arguably rivals that of Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and other giants in the computer industry, the name Fernando Corbató remains...more

Adams and Reese LLP

It’s Like Déjà Vu All Over Again: Yogi Berra On Information Security

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It is Spring again, and the national pastime is in full swing. This year Spring also brought knowledge of the Heartbleed Bug – another threat to the security of information stored and transmitted online. And just as baseball...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Heartbleed: It’s 10 PM; Do You Know Where Your Data is?

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The Heartbleed vulnerability is, by now, an item about which we have all assuredly heard a lot. To get caught up on your reading on the technology aspects of this issue, see the linked articles I have compiled in the ”To...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Privacy Tuesday

For the last Tuesday in April, we have a few privacy and security bits and bytes to start your week. Trending Now – 5 Things Every Company’s Data Security Program Should Include... ...more

Baker Donelson

The Heartbleed Bug's Impact on EHR Systems

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As reported in the media, a serious vulnerability in the popular OpenSSL cryptographic software library, called the Heartbleed bug, was recently discovered. This vulnerability permits the theft of information, including...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

News from the Health Law Gurus™

Passwords Affected from Heartbleed – HealthCare.gov, the website for the federally-facilitated health insurance exchanges under the Affordable Care Act, reset user passwords in the aftermath of Heartbleed, a security flaw in...more

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5 Things Every Company's Data Security Program Should Include

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What's the one thing every company's data security program must include? That's the question we put recently to experts in the field, knowing that, especially after Heartbleed, the diversity of responses would create an...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The Cybersecurity Race: Executive Branch Takes The Lead While Congress Watches From The Bleachers

The federal government sector has been abuzz lately with whispers and shouts about pending cybersecurity regulations, frameworks, and requirements. This attention is not particularly surprising, especially given the recent...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Privacy & Security Bits and Bytes

There has been so much news swirling in the data privacy and security world in the last few days, that it has been difficult to keep up. We’ll give you a roundup here....more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Heartbleed: What to do now

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Hardly a day passes now without some new report of a security vulnerability with inevitable breaches that follow, but Monday’s news about the two-year old vulnerability in OpenSSL is (or should be) catching everyone’s...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Privacy Tuesday – April 14, 2014: Heartbleed Headaches

Last week was certainly the “week of the Heartbleed.” Unless you have been on vacation on a remote island (and if so, good for you!), you have heard and read much about the latest mass bug to infect the Internet....more

BakerHostetler

With OpenSSL Compromised by Heartbleed, an Opportunity for Companies to Diversify Cyber Security Efforts

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The recent discovery of the “Heartbleed” online bug has sent shockwaves through the internet, causing companies and individuals alike to question very basic assumptions about cyber security. The bug has allegedly existed for...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Take Action to Stop the Bleeding: Follow These Steps

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“Heartbleed” has been all over the news, and companies have been scrambling to respond. What sounds like a nasty medical condition is actually a recently discovered flaw in popular encryption software called OpenSSL. It has...more

JD Supra Perspectives

Will Heartbleed Affect Data Breach Insurance Coverage?

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Although it is a widespread exploit that has been undetected for two years, whether or not a CGL policy covers data breaches allowed by Heartbleed should turn, simply, on whether the policy covers data breach at all...more

Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP

Heartbleed Bug Creates Risk for Businesses and Consumers

On April 8, 2014, several news agencies, including the New York Times and CNN, reported the discovery of a vulnerability in a core security protocol used by an estimated two-thirds of the world’s servers. The vulnerability...more

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The Heartbleed Lesson for All Companies? Manage the Risk...

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Threats to data privacy are not going away, but establishing appropriate security measures up-front, performing regular stress-tests on a security system, putting in place procedures to address a data breach and implementing...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Agencies Issue Denial of Service Guidance and Guidance on ATMs

On April 3, the members of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC), including the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the National Credit Union...more

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First Glance: Legal Implications of the Heartbleed OpenSSL Bug?

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The vulnerability caused by the Heartbleed bug circumvents the purpose of OpenSSL: encryption. Therefore, the conclusion would appear to be that any data breach during the time of OpenSSL vulnerability would be reportable...more

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