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Womble Bond Dickinson

[Event] Data Breach Response Workshop – Staying Calm in Crisis - November 1st, Raleigh, NC

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Join industry leaders and legal professionals as they step through a cyber incident response scenario and give real-time perspectives from the viewpoint of forensic investigation and mitigation, legal, cyber insurance, and...more

Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP

Non-Profit Organizations Can Reduce Risks by Addressing Data Privacy Concerns in Advance

With the threat of cyber-attacks making the news, it is a good time for all non-profit organizations to review their policies and procedures with respect to data privacy. Many non-profit organizations are particularly...more

Woodruff Sawyer

Scams and Viruses: Which Email Attachments Are Safe to Open?

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Email scams and viruses are nothing new—threats like phishing emails and malware have been around since the days when services like AOL still dominated the internet and email landscape. However, while technology has made a...more

Woods Rogers

Before the Breach: Time to Get Serious About Cyber Resilience

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Even as the world slowed in 2020, threat actors picked up their pace and used work-from-home infrastructure to spread malicious attacks. These bad actors also exploited trusted software vendors from Solar Winds to Microsoft,...more

Baker Donelson

U.S.'s First Cyber Insurance Risk Framework Issued by New York Department of Financial Services

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New York remains extremely active in the cybersecurity and data protection arena. As we have recently discussed, New York is considering a proposed privacy bill that would greatly enhance consumer privacy rights, increase...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

Assessing Cyber Insurance Coverage for Data Breach Losses

Last week’s article on cybersecurity threats faced by the legal profession did not examine one risk mitigation strategy that is increasingly finding favor among law firms: the purchase of cyber liability insurance policies....more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

The Diligence Process for Privacy and Data Security: Telltale Indicators of a Data Program’s Strengths and Weaknesses

The rapid expansion of data security and privacy laws and regulations — both in the United States and internationally — harbors the potential for substantial liability, with the consequence that cyber compliance has become an...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Insights for Insurers

Beyond Data Breach: Evaluating Coverage for Misuse of Information Claims

New and comprehensive privacy and cyber regulations continue to proliferate across the globe. These are not your father’s data breach notification laws. The scope of information included within these mandates has expanded...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Top 10 Topics for Directors in 2020: Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity and Privacy - Despite cries from corporations and privacy advocates across America for a unified federal privacy law, the nation’s toughest privacy law—the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)—went into...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - February 2020

In this month's edition, we examine the California attorney general's proposed modified regulations under the CCPA, the Treasury Department's new CFIUS regulations, and the SEC Office of Compliance Inspections and...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Artificial Intelligence v. General Data Protection Regulation: Complex Risks in Changing Times

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Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) Is A Complicated Technology Developed With Data. This Saddles AI It With A Host Of Potential Privacy Regulations, Including Europe’s Data Protection Law, The General Data Protection Regulation...more

BCLP

Data Security Breach Handbook - 2019 Edition

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It has been several years since data breaches first emerged as the lead news story. Despite increasing security and technology advancements, companies are still grappling with how to stay ahead of hackers and, when they...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Issues to Consider when Evaluating Cyber Coverage in Light of the CCPA and Other State Privacy Laws

With the expansion of privacy legislation—from the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in Europe to the coming California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in the United States—cyber liability insurance is taking on increased...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Cybersecurity Considerations in Oil and Gas Transactions

One of the foremost threats companies face today is that posed by cybercriminals, and the unique vulnerabilities of companies in the oil and gas sector create heightened cybersecurity risks for those pursing transactions in...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Are You Covered for California’s New Iot Laws?

In November, Tyler wrote about insurance issues raised by both the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act, which goes into effect on January 1, 2020. California’s...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

FTC Cyber Guidance for Small Business has Tips Helpful to All

The Federal Trade Commission recently issued a cyber guide that, while intended for small businesses, can be of help for all businesses. The purpose of the guide, which includes various modules, is to help smaller businesses...more

Jones Day

GDPR's Potential Fines and Other Exposures Raise Cyber Insurance Coverage Questions

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The Situation: The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") has raised questions regarding the scope of coverage and protection afforded by current cyber policies, especially with respect to potential GDPR...more

Snell & Wilmer

Cybersecurity on Your Project: Why Not Follow National Security Strategy?

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In its recent Cybersecurity Strategy, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) defined “cyberspace” as “the independent network of information technology infrastructure, including the Internet, telecommunications...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Understanding cyber insurance risks of target companies

Due to the dramatic increase and changing nature of cyber risks, mergers and acquisitions due diligence should expand to address cyber risks, available risk mitigation practices, and available insurance. Acquiring companies...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Cyberattacks Are the New Norm - How to respond and get insurance recovery for government investigations.

Takeaways - Companies that suffer cyberattacks can expect not sympathy but scrutiny from legal authorities. - D&O insurance can cover not only litigation but also investigation costs. - Strategic negotiation of...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - July 2017

In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine new privacy laws in Germany, an FTC settlement with an alleged consumer loan company over unfair and deceptive practices, the dismissal of a data...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - May 2017

In this edition of our Privacy and Cybersecurity Update, we take a look at the Trump administration's executive order outlining its cybersecurity plans, Acting FTC Chairwoman Maureen Ohlhausen's comments on the possible...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the...

Cybersecurity and Risk Management: “Navigating the Digital Age: The Definitive Cybersecurity Guide for Directors and Officers”

A timely new resource for business executives, technology professionals, and lawyers alike is the newly-published Navigating the Digital Age: The Definitive Cybersecurity Guide for Directors and Officers from the New York...more

Cooley LLP

Alert: Five Ways to Reduce Your HIPAA Liability

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As of early December 2014, 1,170 security breaches under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) involving 31 million records had been reported to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...more

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