Why Your Data is Key to Reducing Risk and Increasing Efficiency During Investigations and Litigation
CyberSide Chats: Yes, you needed a cyber attorney a long time ago (with Erik Weinick)
CMMC Is Coming: Are You Ready?
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Study Reveals Alarming Statistics On Theft and Employee Misuse of Company Data
International travel may pose serious data security risks – especially for your foreign national workers carrying sensitive, proprietary, or regulated information. Travelers must be aware of potential border inspections,...more
Insider threats continue to present a significant challenge for organizations of all sizes. One particularly concerning scenario involves employees who leave an organization and impermissibly take or download sensitive...more
Editor’s Note: This webcast brings together some of HaystackID’s top experts to dissect the intricacies of Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks—a rapidly growing threat impacting organizations globally. During the...more
The widespread availability of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools has enabled the growing use of “deepfakes,” whereby the human voice and likeness can be replicated seamlessly such that impersonations are impossible to detect...more
Defining the role of inherent risk in cybersecurity - Inherent risk is a concept that while fundamental to cybersecurity, has largely been disregarded by popular cybersecurity risk guidelines and standards and remains arcane...more
Originally published in American Business Magazine - May 2024. Many small- and mid-sized business owners believe that they are not prime targets for a cyber breach and that threat actors only go after large companies. This...more
Managing a remote cybersecurity team at colleges and universities involves addressing a unique set of challenges to ensure the security of sensitive data and infrastructure. There is an additional overlay of potential...more
Baker McKenzie recently released their sixth annual edition of ‘The Year Ahead: Global Disputes Forecast’ in which senior legal and risk leaders share what they expect to see in the coming year. From an overarching...more
Over the years we have offered several recommendations to increase your protection against attacks and intrusions and harden your cybersecurity. In this final tip for 2022, we mention a novel, though somewhat radical,...more
In June 2014, the CEO of Omaha-based Scoular Company sent a series of emails to his company’s controller to let him know that the company was in negotiations to buy a Chinese company. The emails highlighted the sensitivity of...more
Jerich Beason is joined by Erik Weinick. Erik's experience includes privacy, cybersecurity, bankruptcy, commercial torts, defamation/slander, regulatory to name a few. He is also the co-founder of Otterburg’s Privacy &...more
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of Americans have deserted the physical workplace. Modern technology and remote access capabilities have made it possible to transform almost any job to a telework position. As...more
Over the last several weeks, virtual meetings have become the new normal for many businesses. Improvements in the technology now mean that virtual meetings have a similar look and feel as in-person meetings. However, there is...more
As businesses and their employees come to terms with the new realities of working from home during the current COVID-19 pandemic, conference calls and virtual meetings are becoming more important than ever. The increase in...more
In 2019, cybersecurity has become top-of-mind for most federal government contractors and agencies that share sensitive information. In addition to updated Department of Defense guidance and procedures for evaluating...more
Start-up companies know that, when potential investors kick the tires, they will look carefully at the company’s business model and IP portfolio. These days, investors are also likely to look at whether the company is in...more
Law Implementing GDPR Published in Belgian Official Gazette - New Legislation Enacted - The Belgian Law of July 30, 2018, on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data was...more
The Democratic National Committee recently filed a lawsuit against Russia, WikiLeaks, the Trump Campaign, and a bunch of individuals (including Julian Assange, Jared Kushner, and a hacker named “Guccifer 2.0”) that includes...more
On August 18, 2017, the FTC released its fourth “Stick with Security” principle, which explained the importance of keeping confidential data only when needed, and securely storing the data when it must be kept. To that end,...more
The 2016 Manufacturing Report by Sikich finds that there has been a progressive growth in cyber-attacks in the manufacturing sector. This is consistent with the most recent IBM /X-Force Research 2016 Cyber Security...more
The CFTC recently approved the National Futures Association’s interpretive notice (the “Cybersecurity Notice”) on the general requirements that members should implement for their information systems security programs...more