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Planet Depos, LLC

Security Check in a Digital Era (Updated)

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Whether you work from home or in an office building, you have invaluable information on your computer, and somewhere, someone nefarious would love to get at that information. At a time when so many work from home, it is vital...more

Planet Depos, LLC

Security Check in the Remote Work Age

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As the new year begins, it’s a perfect time to review business practices and policies, and one very important consideration is security. Whether you work from home or in an office building, you have invaluable information on...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

Fraudulent Wire Transfers: Who Bears the Loss and How to Prevent Becoming A Victim

Cybercriminals exploited remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic.  In 2020, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) saw a record 70% increase in the number of reported internet scams and losses exceeding $4.2...more

Planet Depos, LLC

Top Security Tips for Working From Home

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Since so many of us began working from home in the spring of 2020, we have been hearing how important security is. Information on VPNs, encryption, and other measures to protect data have been rolling out regularly for many...more

Rumberger | Kirk

Pandemic-based Cyber Attacks, Phishing Schemes & Data Breaches: Oh My!

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Never let a crisis go to waste. This appears to be the maxim of cyber criminals seeking to capitalize on cyber vulnerabilities posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, the United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure...more

Allen Matkins

Mitigating Cybersecurity Risks In Remote Work Environments

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Due to the coronavirus pandemic, more employees are working from home than ever before. Companies have been forced to react to maintain productivity, often on reduced timelines and without the careful consideration, rigorous...more

Pillsbury - Policyholder Pulse blog

Insurance for Heightened Cyber Risk in the COVID-19 Era

A few months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the insurance focus (understandably) has been on business interruption and event cancellation coverage. Various other coverages are in play as well, given the types of COVID-19-related...more

White & Case LLP

Working from home – A checklist of the IT risks and exposures

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As the COVID-19 disease continues to spread, many countries have implemented nationwide lockdowns and many businesses have mandated employees to work from home. Even with the relaxation of lockdowns in different parts of the...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Belonging, Connection, and Inclusion Amid COVID-19

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In a short span of time, we have gone from thinking about the virus as a distant concern to working remotely from home as we have been asked to help flatten the curve by social distancing. We are daily bombarded with news and...more

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Beware of COVID-19-Based Cyber Attacks, Say US and UK Agencies

Malicious cyber actors have been exploiting the COVID-19 crisis, warn the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) in a joint...more

K2 Integrity

COVID-19: Managing the Security Risks of a Remote Workforce

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As COVID-19 remains prevalent, working remotely has become the new normal. This means that many organizations will have people working from home for extended periods, many of whom may not be familiar with the organization’s...more

Woods Rogers

Covid-19 And Teleworking – Making Sure Businesses And Their Employees Are On The Same Page

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Your employee is sitting at his or her home office working on a project and notices an email in his or her inbox with the subject line: “Urgent Request” or “Please get this done ASAP.” Not wanting to miss an urgent...more

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Amid Pandemic Remaining New York SHIELD Act Data Security Requirements Have Taken Effect

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The developing coronavirus pandemic affects businesses and personnel within the state and elsewhere.  With more New Yorkers working from home, there are more opportunities for cyberattacks through unsecure remote connections...more

Butler Snow LLP

Working Remotely During COVID-19: Data Security Risks

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Many employees are working remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to specific data security risks. Phishing emails are the leading cause of business data breaches. We have seen the following...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

COVID-19 Cybersecurity Threats Spiral as Businesses Implement Prophylactic Security Measures

As businesses increasingly shift to remote working environments, the COVID-19 public health pandemic presents new cybersecurity challenges each day. As we discussed in our earlier post, hackers are actively targeting...more

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FTC Ramps up COVID-19 Activity After Improving its Data Security Enforcement Orders

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With the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), cybersecurity criminals and scammers are ramping up their efforts to target vulnerable employers and workforces. The FTC announced today that since January they have...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The Impact of COVID-19 on Cybersecurity

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Seyfarth Synopsis: As individuals and businesses continue to focus on the rising number of confirmed Coronavirus cases throughout the world and what steps they can take to guard against infection, malicious actors are...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

CISA Makes Major Changes To Its Essential Infrastructure Workforce Guidance

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Several states that have issued shelter-in-place orders or required nonessential businesses to close to slow the spread of COVID-19, reference or rely upon the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity & Infrastructure...more

McGlinchey Stafford

COVID-19 and At-Home Workers, Cybersecurity Considerations

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The British writer and politician Benjamin Disraeli once observed that the fear of danger should be a spur to preventing it, noting too that he who fears not gives advantage to the danger. This sentiment seems especially...more

Bilzin Sumberg

Businesses Can Prevent Data And Privacy Breaches Brought On By COVID-19

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The disastrous health effects of the novel coronavirus, and the extraordinary economic problems it is creating, are becoming all too familiar for companies around the world. Unfortunately, the problems spawned by COVID-19 do...more

Amundsen Davis LLC

Cybersecurity In The Home Office: How To Stay Vigilant During COVID-19

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The #1 weakness of a business for cyber security can be users of that technology. From employees to management and those in the C-suite, anyone can fall victim to business email compromise (BEC). That was true when companies...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Cyber Threats On The Rise During COVID-19 Pandemic

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As the coronavirus (“COVID-19”) causes countless companies and employers to implement remote working environments, millions of Americans will be working from home. It is, therefore, critically important to remain vigilant...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Client Alert: Beware of COVID-19 Cybersecurity Scams

Opportunistic cybercriminals are taking advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to dramatically increase cyberattacks. Malware and phishing campaigns are especially prolific, where hackers are sending out emails disguised as...more

Cranfill Sumner LLP

The Cyber Risk of a Remote Workforce

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Despite its negative impact on our lives, and despite the fact that it has forced Americans and American businesses to re-tool and try to mitigate the damages it threatens to cause, COVID-19 – the novel coronavirus – offers a...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Protecting Yourself and Your Organization from COVID-19 Scams

In accordance with the CDC’s guidance on social distancing, more and more companies are increasing the number of employees working from home. As the number of employees working from home increases, so do the related cyber...more

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