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As part of Data Privacy Awareness Week, Ward and Smith is spotlighting the most common types of data breaches that businesses encounter. In Part 1, we explored the industries most vulnerable to cyberattacks, highlighting the...more
On October 2, 2024, New York adopted new regulations requiring general hospitals to implement heightened cybersecurity safeguards. General hospitals, as defined in Article 28 of the NY Public Health Law, generally must begin...more
On July 26, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) implemented new cybersecurity rules to require disclosure of material cybersecurity incidents within four business days, with limited exceptions. Additionally,...more
Today, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) issued much anticipated cybersecurity guidance for employee retirement plans. This comes more than four and a half years after the ERISA...more
Unfortunately even the best technological defenses won’t protect your company’s intellectual property and data if your employees inadvertently or intentionally take actions to compromise confidential information. The key to...more
In late December, New York State’s Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) released its revised proposed cybersecurity regulation (the “DFS Rule”). While the revisions pare back some of the DFS Rule’s original requirements...more
On Dec. 28, 2016, the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) published a revised version of its “Cybersecurity Requirements for Financial Services Companies” (the “Regulations”). The revised Regulations...more
We are thrilled to bring you the third installment of Stinson Leonard Street's Emerging Trends newsletter. We are proud of the depth and breadth of experience and knowledge across our firm's 13 offices nationwide and are...more
On September 13, 2016, the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) proposed new rules that would require certain “Covered Entities” to establish and implement cybersecurity programs designed to protect nonpublic...more
In my recently published eBook, I outline 25 Simple Yet Overlooked Ways to Boost Your Ethics & Compliance Program. Below are five of the tips that are included—download the full eBook today to see the rest....more
Companies need specific, well-executed plans to meet growing demands of federal and state agencies. While cybersecurity risks have increased, government regulation has traditionally lagged behind. Recently, some...more
Commencing March 1, 2016, all commodity pool operators, commodity trading advisors, futures commission merchants, retail foreign exchange dealers, investment brokers, major swap participants and swap dealers that are National...more