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Digital Contracting: The Five Trends Shaping Tomorrow’s Business

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The contracting industry has seen a digital transformation, generating excitement for how contracts are created, managed, and executed. Technology adoption has introduced efficiencies, improved accuracy, and enabled better...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

The European Data Act: 5 Things Cloud Services Provider Should Know

This Essential Guide to the European Data Act is part of Orrick's Cybersecurity & Privacy Compass Series. The Cybersecurity & Privacy Compass is your global guide to the evolving cybersecurity and privacy regulatory...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 14th Advanced Forum on Global Encryption, Cloud & Export Controls - May 15th - 16th, San Francisco, CA

Hosted by American Conference Institute, the 14th Advanced Forum on Global Encryption, Cloud & Cyber Export Controls returns for another exciting year with curated programming that brings together a global gathering of...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

First Proposed Rules Under Biden AI Order Issued as Part of Larger New Customer Cyberthreat Disclosure Requirements for Cloud...

On January 29, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) seeking comment on draft rules establishing customer information collection and reporting obligations for certain...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Launch of Public RFI Signals FTC Scrutiny of Cloud Computing Industry

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On March 22, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a request for information (RFI) seeking public comments on business practices in the cloud computing industry. The RFI focuses on three intertwined aspects of...more

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U.S. Department of the Treasury Confronts the Risks to the Financial Sector Associated with Cloud Computing

On February 8, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Treasury released a report citing its “findings on the current state of cloud adoption in the sector, including potential benefits and challenges associated with increased...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

FedRAMP Codified: A New Law Aims to Streamline Federal Security Authorizations for Cloud Services

Since its inception in 2011, the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) has sought to facilitate adoption of secure cloud computing services by federal government agencies. A newly enacted law, the...more

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Regulatory Implications from 2019 Capital One Hack and Recent Conviction of Former AWS Engineer

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Paige Thompson, a former Amazon Web Services employee, was recently convicted of seven counts of fraud in U.S. District Court for stealing personal data from more than 100 million customers from unsecured accounts stored on...more

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Strengthening American Cybersecurity Act of 2022

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On March 1st, the United States Senate passed a historic cybersecurity bill with bipartisan and unanimous support. This bill impacts operators of federal infrastructure and federal civilian agencies. The Strengthening...more

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing

Service Level Methodology Basics – 10 Key Components

During the last year, we have seen a significant shift to “as a service” models and cloud solutions, as well as heightened attention on outsourcing as a strategic business tool to enable scalability, improved service, and...more

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

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While organizations have increasingly embraced cloud computing as a solution to their data management and other needs, they do so in an environment of heightened risks. Attacks on cloud providers are increasing, which makes...more

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing

Coalition of European Banks Calls for Model Cloud Services Terms

The European Cloud User Coalition (ECUC) published a paper (the Position Paper) on May 17 recommending, among other matters, the adoption of “model clauses” for the long-term compliant use of cloud technologies....more

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Ramping Up Cloud Usage for Government Agencies

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As the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing enforced remote work only accelerated the move to the cloud for many organizations, it should come as no surprise that the use of cloud-based solutions continues to be on the...more

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Financial Stability Board Publishes Reports on Implications of BigTech and Cloud Services

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The Financial Stability Board has published two reports on: (i) BigTech in finance and (ii) third-party dependencies on cloud services. The reports form part of the FSB’s ongoing work to analyze structural changes within the...more

Hogan Lovells

New PDPC guidelines on cloud services, data intermediaries, and access requests

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As the issues surrounding data protection become increasingly complex, in recent years the advisory guidelines (Guidelines) issued by the Personal Data Protection Commission of Singapore (PDPC) have been invaluable in guiding...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

FSB Concerns Over Cloud Concentration in Financial Services Continues

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The FSB is reviewing cloud provider concentration risk in the latest example of regulator concern over reliance on leading cloud providers by financial services institutions. The Financial Stability Board (FSB), an...more

Burns & Levinson LLP

Should You Go “All In” with the Cloud? (And How to Manage That Risk)

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While references to “the cloud” and “cloud computing” are significantly more familiar than they were five years ago, it remains clear that many organizations implement cloud resources ineffectively – or at least do not...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

A Cloud on the Horizon: Trade Secret Theft in the Cloud

As cloud services have transformed modern business, they have also changed the way companies protect and enforce their trade secrets. Companies and their employees increasingly store data on cloud - based platforms. While...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

NHS Digital Publishes Guidance for Health and Care Organisations Using Cloud Services and Data Offshoring

NHS and social care organisations in the UK are being encouraged to take a fresh look at public cloud services given the myriad benefits of doing so. The guidance is timely given the coming into force of the GDPR in May,...more

Morgan Lewis

Cloud Security Alliance Releases Code of Conduct for GDPR Compliance

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Data owners and processors are working hard to make sure they have compliance programs in place by the time the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes into force on May 25, 2018. To that end, a new...more

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Cybersecurity 2017: The Year in Preview

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Introduction - Cybersecurity was a prominent factor in 2016 in all aspects of government, business and personal affairs. Russian and other foreign national hacking has the potential to spark a new form of cold...more

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