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SEC Enforcement Heats up on Key Public Company Topics: Cyber Disclosure, Director Independence and Regulation FD

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's ("SEC") Division of Enforcement has recently brought a spate of enforcement actions relating to key topics for public companies. These include enforcement actions related to...more

Carlton Fields

Going Up: SEC Cyber Incident Reporting - Regulation S-P Amendments Take It to Next Level

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On May 16, 2024, the SEC breathed new life into its decades-old Regulation S-P, which requires firms to adopt policies and procedures for the protection of customer information and records. The amended rule balloons the...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

SEC Cybersecurity Incidents Disclosures: Materiality, Decryptors, and Ransom Payments - Dear Mary – Incidents + Investigations...

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I work for a public company that recently experienced a ransomware attack. Fortunately, we were able to restore our business operations quickly by obtaining a decryption key from the threat actor. Given that we managed to get...more

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

New York Federal Court Refuses to Extend Accounting Controls Requirements to Cybersecurity Controls

Section 13(b)(2)(B) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires public companies to “devise and maintain a system of internal accounting controls.” In a recent opinion, a New York federal court rejected the Securities...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Takeaways From the Dismissal of SEC Claims Against SolarWinds and Its CISO

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has dismissed many of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) claims against software development company SolarWinds and its chief information security...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

SEC Issues Additional Guidance on Form 8-K Cybersecurity Disclosures

The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has issued five compliance and disclosure interpretations related to the disclosure of material cybersecurity incidents under Item 1.05 of Form 8-K....more

Alston & Bird

SEC Corporation Finance Provides Additional Guidance on the Disclosure of Material Cybersecurity Incidents in Form 8-K

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On June 24, 2024, the Division of Corporation Finance (“Corp Fin”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued five new Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (“C&DIs”) related to the disclosure of “material”...more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: The SEC’s Approach to Cybersecurity Disclosure Decisions

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The SEC’s Director of Corporation Finance, Erik Gerding, recently issued two statements regarding a public company’s disclosure obligations in response to a cybersecurity incident. These remarks follow the adoption of the...more

Fenwick & West LLP

SEC Releases New 8-K CDIs for Item 1.05 - Cybersecurity Incidents

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On June 24, 2024, the SEC released five new CDIs on Material Cybersecurity Incidents. Please see a high-level summary below...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

SEC Announces New Cybersecurity Interpretations

The SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance yesterday published five new Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations, or “C&DIs,” all concerning Item 1.05 of Exchange Act Form 8-K, Disclosure of Cybersecurity Incidents....more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

Living in a Material World: SEC Clarifies Expectations Regarding Form 8-K Disclosure of Material Cybersecurity Incidents

Last month, the Director of the Division of Corporation Finance (“Director”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued new guidance regarding disclosures of material cybersecurity incidents via Form 8-K under...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

SEC Expands Security and Breach Notification Requirements for Investment Firms

On May 16, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it had adopted final amendments to its Regulation S-P (the Rule or Amended Rule), which governs “covered financial institutions’” treatment of...more

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SEC Staff Makes Clear That Cybersecurity Incident Disclosures Under Item 1.05 of Form 8-K Should Be Limited to Material...

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On May 21, 2024, Erik Gerding, director of the Division of Corporation Finance of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), issued a statement with clarifying guidance on cybersecurity incident disclosure under Item...more

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SEC Staff Issues Guidance for Reporting Cybersecurity Incidents Under Item 1.05 Versus Item 8.01 of Form 8-K

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On May 21, 2024, the Director of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance issued a statement providing guidance on the use of Item 1.05 of Form 8-K to disclose cybersecurity incidents....more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Corp Fin Issues Guidance on Disclosure of Cybersecurity Incidents

On May 21, 2024, Erik Gerding, the Director of the Division of Corporation Finance at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), released a statement (statement) on the disclosure of cybersecurity incidents. This...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Avoiding Cybersecurity Incident Overdisclosure:  Helpful Guidance

In a statement yesterday, the Director of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance commented on the relatively new Form 8-K Item 1.05 requirement.  Last summer when the SEC adopted the final rules relating to cybersecurity...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

SEC Director of Corporation Finance Speaks to Cybersecurity Disclosures

Erik Gerding, Director, Division of Corporation Finance, released a statement on the preferred methods to disclose certain cybersecurity incidents.  Mr. Gerding noted “The cybersecurity rules that the Commission adopted on...more

Burr & Forman

Cyber Incident Reporting Obligations for Public Companies under the SEC’s New Cybersecurity Rules

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The U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) recently adopted a final rule regarding cybersecurity risk management, governance, and incident reporting. The final rule went into effect on September 5, 2023, and disclosure...more

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The SEC Raises the Stakes: New Cybersecurity Rules for Publicly Traded Companies Hit the Books in 2023

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In 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued its now-fully implemented Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure Rule. The Rule reflects the reality that cybersecurity...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

Panicked Over Cyber Disclosure Laws? Here’s a Plea for Common Sense

Corporate legal departments are scrambling to stay ahead of the latest developments around cyber incident disclosure rules and regulations. In hopes of reducing panic and distress, a pair of legal experts are issuing a...more

WilmerHale

It’s December 18, 2023: Do You Know Where Your Cybersecurity Disclosure Controls and Procedures Are

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The requirement to disclose material cybersecurity events under new Item 1.05 of Form 8-K takes effect today (other than for smaller reporting companies, for which the new requirement will take effect on June 15, 2024)....more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Cybersecurity Disclosure and Compliance & Disclosure Interpretations

Recently, in advance of the effective date (December 18, 2023), the Director of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance provided additional guidance regarding the final rules relating to cybersecurity incident disclosure...more

Mayer Brown

DOJ and FBI Announce Guidance on Seeking Delays in SEC 8-K Filings for Cyber Incidents

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On December 12, 2023, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued guidelines for companies to follow in requesting that the Attorney General authorize delays of cyber incident disclosures required by the U.S. Securities and...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Cyber Criminals Weaponize SEC’s Future Cyber Disclosure Rules

In a first for both cybersecurity and securities law, a ransomware company filed a complaint with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) against its own hacking victim for failure to disclose the hack itself. The...more

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Examining Materiality and Cybersecurity Incidents: Practical Tips for Implementing the New SEC Rules

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Publicly traded companies have tangled with the question of when a cybersecurity incident should be disclosed to the public and investors. In a bid to add clarity to the topic, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission...more

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