Strategic Benefits of Consumer Surveys in Complex Litigation | Episode 69
Compliance Perspectives: Michael Horowitz, Inspector General at the Department of Justice, on Conducting High Profile Internal Investigations - Part 2
Compliance Perspectives: Michael Horowitz, Inspector General at the Department of Justice, on Conducting High Profile Internal Investigations - Part I
Every spring, BakerHostetler collects, analyzes, and compares key metrics on the incident response matters we handled in the prior year. The output – our Data Security Incident Response (DSIR) Report – highlights key findings...more
The federal agency responsible for enforcing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) – the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – recently submitted...more
On Dec. 6, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or the Department) released what it is calling a “concept paper” on its role in cybersecurity for the healthcare sector (the HHS paper). The HHS paper is sweeping in...more
Ransomware attacks have become headline news in the mainstream media, and a hot topic not only on this blog but in government circles. And with good reason as the United States suffered a staggering 421.5 million ransomware...more
When the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) takes effect in January 2020, California will become the first state to permit residents whose personal information is exposed in a data breach to seek statutory damages of...more
Both 2017 and 2018 saw several high-profile companies suffering large data breaches affecting tens of millions of people. News outlets and social media made quick work of headlines and consumers were reminded, yet again, that...more
On October 16, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a Report of Investigation (Report) detailing an investigation by the SEC’s Enforcement Division into the internal accounting controls of nine issuers...more
In April 2018, Verizon released the 11th edition of its Data Breach Investigations Report. As usual, the Verizon DBIR contained interesting data points culled from more than 53,000 incidents and 2,216 confirmed data breaches....more
An important resource for those who study the impact of data breaches is updated for 2018. The 2018 Cost of Data Breach Study: A Global Overview was released by Ponemon Institute, LLC....more
Last month, the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) published its 2017 ‘Threat Landscape Report’. The Report comments on general trends in the area of cybercrime, and identifies and gathers data...more
A recent study at the University of Arkansas suggests that organizations should avoid doing too much for individuals affected by a data breach. That is, when organizations provide compensation to breach victims that exceeds...more
Data breaches. Stolen passwords. Confidential data compromised. We’ve all heard the cybersecurity horror stories. In fact, we may have heard them too often. According to a new study by National Institute of...more
A quote attributed to FBI Director Robert Mueller is, “There are only two types of companies: those that have been hacked and those that will be”. The assessment of the Ashley Madison cyber-attack has lessons for all...more
Last year around this time we examined the results of Verizon’s annual Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR). As in year’s past, Verizon analyzed the data it received from companies across the country about security...more
It’s that time of year again. Spring is in the air, flowers are in bloom, and Verizon’s annual Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) has been released. As in years past, this year’s numbers shed some light into, not only...more
California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris has released a “California Data Breach Report,” which presents a series of findings and recommendations based on a review of breaches reported to the Attorney General’s office in...more
On July 15, 2014, the New York Attorney General issued a report examining the growing number and costs of data breaches in the state of New York. The report titled, “Information Exposed: Historical Examination of Data...more