Host Gregg N. Sofer welcomes Husch Blackwell’s Erik Dullea to the podcast to explore how human error factors into cybersecurity efforts. Most data breaches trace back to some form of human error, and an approach to...more
The increased concern about ransomware incidents from both quantitative and severity standpoints, spurred the White House to urge corporate business leaders to improve their defenses and resilience posture against ransomware...more
7/27/2021
/ Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Encryption ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
Joe Biden ,
Multi-Factor Authentication ,
Pipelines ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Software
The combination of a significant increase in COVID-19 cases, political tensions in the final days of a national election season, and law enforcement’s focus on election security created an opportunity for cybercriminals to...more
Key Point: The New York Attorney General’s Office (NYAG) reached a Consent and Stipulation Agreement with Dunkin’ Brands, Inc. (Dunkin), which obligates the company to implement and maintain a comprehensive information...more
9/23/2020
/ Attorney General ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumers ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Data Breach ,
Data Security ,
Dunkin' Donuts ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hackers ,
Misleading Statements ,
New York ,
NYDFS ,
Perks ,
SHIELD Act ,
Zoom®
Keypoint: Individuals and businesses should take steps to prevent against becoming victims of the rapid rise in Coronavirus-related hacking scams.
On March 20, 2020, the FBI issued an alert warning that cyber thieves are...more
3/24/2020
/ Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) ,
Data Protection ,
FBI ,
Hackers ,
Information Security ,
Phishing Scams ,
Popular ,
Risk Management
Key Point: If you consider your cybersecurity defensive measures to be a one-time investment, that is what the criminals are banking on.
Most people enjoy improvements and innovations when it comes to consumer...more
As we move into the second month of 2019, we’d like to give an overview of the trends we see developing in the cybersecurity and data privacy area for the year. We’ll be sure to elaborate on these areas with more details as...more
2/5/2019
/ Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
CNIL ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Retention ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Ransomware