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OCIE Cyber Risk Alert Identifies Increase in Sophistication of Ransomware Attacks on SEC Registrants

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The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) issued a cybersecurity risk alert on July 10, 2020 regarding ransomware (Alert). In the Alert, OCIE described “recent reports”...more

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SEC alerts public companies of increase in sophisticated ransomware attacks

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The SEC’s Office of Compliance and Examinations (OCIE) issued a risk alert on July 10 about its observation of an apparent increase in sophistication of ransomware attacks on SEC registrants, including broker-dealers,...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

SEC’s Examination Function Warns Its Registrants of Risks Associated with Dangerous Malware

- In the age of broad corporate teleworking brought on by COVID-19, OCIE of the SEC has observed during recent examinations that investment advisers, broker-dealers and investment companies are subject to an increased threat...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Cybersecurity: the SEC Provides Guidance on Well-Known and Emerging Best Practices

At the end of January, the U.S. Securities and Exchange’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) released its “Observations on Cybersecurity and Resiliency Practices” (Observations)....more

McGuireWoods LLP

SEC Issues Guidance in Wake of WannaCry Ransomware Attack

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On Friday, May 12, the WannaCry ransomware attack struck hundreds of thousands of users across the globe, causing major disruptions in private and public networks. The attack, which encrypts a user’s files and holds them for...more

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SEC Urges Investment Firms to Better Prepare for Ransomware Attacks

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On May 17, 2017, the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspection and Examination (“OCIE”) issued a risk alert urging broker-dealers, investment advisors and investment companies to safeguard themselves against ransomware in light...more

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SEC Emphasizes Cybersecurity Preparedness in Wake of Global Ransomware Attack

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) has issued a Risk Alert in the wake of the widespread WannaCry ransomware attack that has inflicted hundreds of thousands...more

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