Yesterday, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Federal Reserve Board (Fed), and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) issued a joint advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) seeking...more
Legal Framework -
Summarise the main statutes and regulations that promote
cybersecurity. Does your jurisdiction have dedicated
cybersecurity laws?
The United States generally addresses cybersecurity...more
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Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) ,
Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Cyber Insurance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Cybersecurity Act of 2015 ,
Data Protection ,
DFARS ,
DMCA ,
ECPA ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FERC ,
GLBA Privacy ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
NIST ,
PCI-DSS Standard ,
Popular ,
Risk Management ,
Sarbanes-Oxley ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes
With interconnectivity and use of digital storage expanding, cyberthreats posed by nation states, commercial competitors, company insiders, transnational organised crime and ‘hacktivists’ are growing on a global basis. Recent...more
3/7/2016
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Cloud Computing ,
Credit Cards ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
EU ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
Executive Orders ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Popular ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Trade Secrets ,
Trans-Pacific Partnership ,
UK ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
On December 30, 2015, the Department of Defense (DoD) issued a second interim rule on Network Penetration Reporting and Contracting for Cloud Services, amending an earlier version issued on August 26, 2015. The new, amended...more
On December 18, 2015, Congress passed, and the President signed, the Cybersecurity Act of 2015, which provides authorization and liability protection for cybersecurity monitoring and information-sharing and authorization for...more
On Wednesday, April 29, the US Department of Justice released guidance titled “Best Practices for Victim Response and Reporting of Cyber Incidents.” The guidance outlines steps companies should take before, during, and after...more
On April 9, the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) released a report on bank vendor cybersecurity that highlights the risk that hackers will use third-party service providers to gain access to bank data....more
On April 1, 2015, President Obama issued an Executive Order authorizing the imposition of sanctions against designated individuals or entities found to be engaged in malicious cyber activity, including various forms of...more