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Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Hackers Increasingly Leveraging Threats to Patients to Pressure Health Organizations to Pay Ransom

Cyberhackers—potentially frustrated by their limited ability to extort ransom from health care entities in attacks—have started extorting the patients themselves, threatening them with the release of information or...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

Stemming Losses That Go Uncovered by Cyber Insurance

Twenty years ago the federal government designated October as Cybersecurity Awareness Month, part of an early effort to promote a wider appreciation of computer-related threats to business and government operations and to...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Cyber Security Incidents als Herausforderung für die Rechtsabteilung - wichtigste Punkte, die Unternehmensjuristen über die...

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Hackerangriffe, Datendiebstahl, Ransomware, Datenpannen und sonstige Cybersecurity Incidents werden immer mehr zu einem zentralen Unternehmensrisiko. Dabei wird oft übersehen, dass dieses Thema nicht nur in technischer,...more

Woodruff Sawyer

What is a Data Breach? (And How Vulnerable is Your Business?)

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The landscape for preventing, responding to, and avoiding the fines and other costs associated with data breaches has changed in the last three years. Since the beginning of the pandemic, data breaches have been on the rise...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Cybersecurity Basics Are Key to Combating Ransomware

The onslaught of ransomware attacks by cybercriminals increases unabated every year, affecting everyone from mom and pop shops on Main Street to corporate lions of Wall Street. Hackers infiltrate an organization's computer...more

Ankura

Cyber and Data Privacy Risks Every Investor Should Know During a Deal

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22 Global dealmaking had a historic year in 2021 and is expected to continue its hot streak into 2022. Global M&A volume for 2021 hit $5.8 trillion, up 64% from the previous year, with over 60,000+ deals. Beyond the...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Safeguards in New National Network Include Insurance, App Mandates, Cybersecurity Council

Report on Patient Privacy 22, no. 2 (February, 2022) - The new national health information network calls for a number of privacy and security safeguards and standards that, in some instances, exceed what HIPAA covered...more

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Debra Geroux and Scott Wrobel on Responding to Data Breaches

When a data breach occurs, one step is often overlooked in the rush to remediate: preserving as much of the data logs and backups as possible That’s a mistake, say Debra Geroux, Shareholder at Butzel Long and Scott Wrobel,...more

McAfee & Taft

Tips to jump-start cybersecurity preparedness

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We are all facing new challenges in this pandemic, including the shift to and growth of remote-work. Meanwhile, we also have to contend with the increased volume of attempted cyberattacks. Despite the distraction of the...more

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Avoid the Headlines: Six Initial Steps To Take Today To Improve Your Company's Data Security

Unless you have been living under a rock, you are probably aware that companies are suffering cyber attacks that jeopardize sensitive company or customer data more and more frequently. What you may not know is that even more...more

BCLP

Avoiding Management Struggles When it Comes to Data Breaches: Part 1

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The best way for a company to handle a data breach is to be prepared. As we discuss in our data breach readiness handbook, preparation includes, among other things, drafting an incident response plan, reviewing...more

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Data Breach Decision Points: Part 2

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The best way for a company to handle a data breach is to be prepared. As we discuss in our data breach readiness handbook, preparation includes, among other things, drafting an incident response plan, reviewing...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

SEC Brings First Cybersecurity Enforcement Proceeding in Wake of Risk Alert

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Highlights Areas of High Risk and Examination Priorities for Financial Industry Firms - On September 15, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) Office of Compliance, Inspections and Examinations (OCIE),...more

Carlton Fields

Latest NAIC Cybersecurity News

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The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has announced three initiatives in furtherance of its goal to address cybersecurity issues faced by insurance companies, their state regulators, and consumers, which it...more

Perkins Coie

SEC’s Increased Cybersecurity Enforcement and How to Reduce Your Risks

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The SEC announced last week that an investment adviser had agreed to settle charges that it failed to take required steps to protect against and respond effectively to a cybersecurity breach. The action comes on the heels of...more

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OCIE’s 2015 Cybersecurity Examination Initiative

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Second Round of Cybersecurity Examinations to Begin - On September 15, 2015, the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a Risk Alert announcing a...more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

Ashley Madison Breach Another Warning To Companies

Add dating website Ashley Madison to the list of large companies like Target, Home Depot and Michael’s that have had customer information stolen by hackers. Published reports say Ashley Madison is now facing multiple lawsuits...more

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