Incident(s) of the Week: Double Feature
Incident 1: UNC Data Breach Exposes Information On Over 100,000 Women Listed In Mammogram Registry The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill recently disclosed a data breach that exposed...
View ArticleIs Teamwork the Answer to Data Security?
Increasingly, alliances are viewed as an important way to improve data security. The Washington Post reports that the National Security Agency is now working with Internet service providers to thwart...
View ArticleSEC Publishes Guidance on Cyber Incidents
On October 13, the SEC issued CF Disclosure Guidance: Topic No. 2: Cybersecurity. This guidance provides the Division of Corporation Finance’s views regarding disclosure obligations relating to...
View Article“SEC’s Corp Fin Staff Attacks Cyber-Security Disclosure”
I was interviewed and quoted as part of a Compliance Week article on the new SEC guidance on disclosures of cyber security incidents: Colin Zick, a partner at law firm Foley Hoag, says the guidance is...
View ArticleSen. McCain Inserts Cybersecurity Amendment into DoD Authorization Act
My colleague Dayle Cristinzio, former Legislative Director for Senator Harry Reid, has provided me with the amendments to Senate Bill1867, the Department of Defense Authorization Act. Among these...
View ArticleIs Public-Private Information Sharing Needed to Respond to the Massive...
Interesting article in Friday’s Wall Street Journal on potential cybersecurity legislation to improve information sharing between industry and government. Perhaps the best part of the article is the...
View ArticleInside Counsel Magazine Revisits SEC’s Cybersecurity Guidance
As we noted back in October, the SEC issued CF Disclosure Guidance: Topic No. 2: Cybersecurity. This guidance provides the Division of Corporation Finance’s views regarding disclosure obligations...
View ArticleWhite House States Support for Sen. Lieberman’s Cybersecurity Act of 2012
The Obama Administration officially put its weight behind Sen. Lieberman’s Cybersecurity Act of 2012, with the issuance of the following Statement of Administration Policy: STATEMENT OF ADMINISTRATION...
View ArticlePentagon to Increase Cybersecurity Force More than Five Times Current Size
In a recent article, the Washington Post reported that “The Pentagon has approved a major expansion of its cybersecurity force over the next several years, increasing its size more than fivefold to...
View ArticleCheck Your Technology at the Door
Recent news of government monitoring of phone calls and emails, both within the U.S. and abroad, has caused some to reexamine their technological companions. Many are beginning to ask, when highly...
View ArticleWant to Read Up on Cyber Issues Over the Holidays?
Have you wanted to read up on the many cyber security issues that have arisen over the past year but which you did not have time to follow in detail? We have just the thing — four reports from the...
View ArticleIs Teamwork the Answer to Data Security?
Increasingly, alliances are viewed as an important way to improve data security. The Washington Post reports that the National Security Agency is now working with Internet service providers to thwart...
View ArticleSEC Publishes Guidance on Cyber Incidents
On October 13, the SEC issued CF Disclosure Guidance: Topic No. 2: Cybersecurity. This guidance provides the Division of Corporation Finance’s views regarding disclosure obligations relating to...
View Article“SEC’s Corp Fin Staff Attacks Cyber-Security Disclosure”
I was interviewed and quoted as part of a Compliance Week article on the new SEC guidance on disclosures of cyber security incidents: Colin Zick, a partner at law firm Foley Hoag, says the guidance is...
View ArticleSen. McCain Inserts Cybersecurity Amendment into DoD Authorization Act
My colleague Dayle Cristinzio, former Legislative Director for Senator Harry Reid, has provided me with the amendments to Senate Bill1867, the Department of Defense Authorization Act. Among these...
View ArticleIs Public-Private Information Sharing Needed to Respond to the Massive...
Interesting article in Friday’s Wall Street Journal on potential cybersecurity legislation to improve information sharing between industry and government. Perhaps the best part of the article is the...
View ArticleInside Counsel Magazine Revisits SEC’s Cybersecurity Guidance
As we noted back in October, the SEC issued CF Disclosure Guidance: Topic No. 2: Cybersecurity. This guidance provides the Division of Corporation Finance’s views regarding disclosure obligations...
View ArticleWhite House States Support for Sen. Lieberman’s Cybersecurity Act of 2012
The Obama Administration officially put its weight behind Sen. Lieberman’s Cybersecurity Act of 2012, with the issuance of the following Statement of Administration Policy: STATEMENT OF ADMINISTRATION...
View ArticlePentagon to Increase Cybersecurity Force More than Five Times Current Size
In a recent article, the Washington Post reported that “The Pentagon has approved a major expansion of its cybersecurity force over the next several years, increasing its size more than fivefold to...
View ArticleSEC Issues Risk Alert on Cybersecurity Initiative for Investment Advisers
Our colleagues Catherine M. Anderson and Jennifer M. Macarchuk have summarized the recent SEC Risk Alert regarding its initiative to assess cybersecurity preparedness and threats in the securities...
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