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Commerce Department Issues Long-Awaited Rule on Cybersecurity, Hacking Tools

Wiley Rein LLP on 10/25/2021

On October 21, 2021, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a long-awaited interim final rule that establishes controls on certain cybersecurity items designed to curtail exports of...more

“Zero Trust Architecture” Is Officially Here: NIST Publishes New Cybersecurity Framework

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 5/21/2021

The National Institute of Standards and Technology, commonly referred to as NIST, recently published a new computer framework for users to consider as a cyber-framework security model — the Zero Trust Architecture Model...more

Five Things to Do in Response to the SolarWinds Compromise

Womble Bond Dickinson on 12/15/2020

The recent hack against FireEye and the U.S. Treasury and Commerce Department affected SolarWinds software for other clients as well (not limited to the U.S. government). SolarWinds has confirmed a cyberattack to its systems...more

SEC Issues New Cybersecurity Guidance; Makes Clear that Cybersecurity Disclosures Are Part of Existing SEC Requirements - Guidance...

Holland & Knight LLP on 2/26/2018

On Feb. 21, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued interpretive guidance on its expectations for corporate disclosures on cybersecurity risks. The guidance delineates where it believes existing SEC rules...more

Receiving Data from Europe: The EU-US Privacy Shield

Clark Hill PLC on 8/26/2016

The European Union ("EU") recently announced that the new EU-US Privacy Shield Agreement ("Privacy Shield") is adequate to meet EU data privacy requirements and allow for the transfer of personal data from the EU to the US in...more

What Does the European Court of Justice's Invalidation of the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework Mean For U.S.-Based Multinational...

Littler on 10/7/2015

In a landmark decision that will dramatically affect thousands of U.S. companies that transfer personal data from the European Union ("EU") to the United States, the European Union Court of Justice ("ECJ") yesterday...more

Pardon the “Intrusion” – Cybersecurity Worries Scuttle Wassenaar Changes

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 9/8/2015

Companies concerned about their cybersecurity posture can breathe a small sigh of relief, as the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) recently announced it was scrapping plans to implement new...more

NIST draft report: international cybersecurity standardization needed

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 8/24/2015

An interagency working group led by The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and The Department of Commerce recently published a draft report (the “Report”) recommending that the U.S. government increase its...more

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