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White House Issues "First-ever" National Security Memorandum on AI

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New directives would have implications across a range of federal agencies - On October 24, 2024, the White House released the “first-ever” National Security Memorandum (NSM) on artificial intelligence (AI). The NSM directs...more

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Supply Chain Security Is National Security: Cyber, Physical, and Personnel Protections

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U.S. supply chain security is increasingly under threat. The White House’s National Security Strategy describes this moment as an inflection point. Many federal agencies have taken charge in elevating the very concept of...more

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Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity – Evolving Incident Response Obligations, Integral to Effective Risk Management

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Just over a year ago, the White House issued its long-awaited National Cybersecurity Strategy, with an emphasis on defending Critical Infrastructure, promoting public and private collaboration, and safeguarding...more

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Export Controls Evolving for Infosec Threats to Cloud, SaaS, IaaS, AI Platforms

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The growth of cloud services, Software-as-a-Service (“SaaS”) and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (“IaaS”) arrangements, Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) models, and increased reliance on the use outsourced technology service...more

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U.S. Unveils Historic Sanctions Against Intellexa Spyware for Endangering Privacy and National Security

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Editor's Note: In a historic and bold move, the U.S. government has implemented unprecedented sanctions against the Intellexa Consortium and its key figures for their roles in deploying spyware that jeopardizes privacy and...more

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In Continuing Efforts to Incentivize Self-Disclosures and Cooperation, DOJ Announces Pilot Program to Pay Criminal Whistleblowers

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Over the last few years, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has continuously announced significant policies and programs directed at encouraging and rewarding the timely reporting of corporate wrongdoing, incentivizing...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Dragos Outlines Voltzite’s Attacks Against Critical Infrastructure

In a joint release last week, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and other federal agencies issued a chilling Advisory about the ongoing attacks by Volt Typhoon on U.S. critical infrastructure. Volt...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Intelligence Gathering and FISA Section 702: Lots of Heat Obscures Important Practical Issues

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As heated debate continues over possible changes to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which is poised to expire later this month, we wanted to provide some perspective on a few practical issues. As former DOJ...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Evolution of the Chinese Hacking Threat: Risks for Government and Industry

On May 24, 2023, Microsoft announced the detection of a direct threat to critical infrastructure organizations in Guam and elsewhere in the United States. The alert attributed observed malicious activity to a state-sponsored...more

Cozen O'Connor

Biden Administration’s Voluntary AI Safety Agreement

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The Biden administration announced that it brokered a voluntary agreement with several of the biggest technology and artificial intelligence (AI) companies. The agreement, available here, has the companies taking a number of...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Recommendations for Managing Cybersecurity Threats in the Manufacturing Sector

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In the hyper-connected era of smart manufacturing, accelerated by “Industry 4.0,” the manufacturing sector is undergoing a digital revolution. By leveraging technologies such as advanced automation, artificial intelligence,...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Cyber Safety Review Board Issues Compelling Report about Lapsus$, MFA Vulnerabilities, and Helpful Recommendations

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The Cyber Safety Review Board (Board) issued a report entitled, Review of the Attacks Associates with Lapsus$ and Related Threat Groups (Report), released by the Department of Homeland Security on August 10, 2023. The Report...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

How a Zero-Day Flaw in MOVEit Led to a Global Ransomware Attack

In an era where our lives are ever more intertwined with technology, the security of digital platforms is a matter of national concern. A recent large-scale cyberattack affecting several U.S. federal agencies and numerous...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Biden Administration announces “National Cybersecurity Strategy”

On March 2, the Biden Administration released a “National Cybersecurity Strategy,” which it says takes a comprehensive approach to securing cyberspace for all and ensuring the United States is in the best position to take...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

DoD Issues New Small Business Strategy to Bolster Participation

The Department of Defense (DoD) recently issued a new Small Business Strategy to reverse the significant decline in the number of small businesses participating in government contracts by launching new initiatives that will...more

Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC

“Why Can’t We Just Ban It?”: Legal, Political, And Technological Difficulties With Banning Tiktok

This article is the second article in a three-part series. The first article detailed the procedural posture of the failed executive actions to create a TikTok ban. This article discusses the current Congressional attempt to...more

K2 Integrity

The North Korean Crypto Threat

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Executive Summary - The North Korean threat to the crypto ecosystem is the highest form of immediate risk to the crypto-economy driven by a regime that seeks to profit from its misuse to reinforce its regime and fuel all its...more

Wiley Rein LLP

New Executive Order Directs CFIUS to Consider Additional National Security Factors in Evaluating Covered Transactions

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On September 15, 2022, President Biden signed an executive order (EO) that reaffirms longstanding U.S. open investment policy and elaborates and expands on the existing list of statutory factors that the Committee on Foreign...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 2nd National Forum on Team Telecom - April 25th, Washington, DC

Gain critical strategies for managing reviews in the new Team Telecom environment. The American Conference Institute’s 2nd National Team Telecom Conference will take place in Washington D.C. on April 25, 2022, one day...more

Guidepost Solutions LLC

[Webinar] From The China Initiative to Nation-State Threats: The US Government’s New Enforcement Priority – China + Russia - March...

On February 23, 2022, Assistant Attorney General Matthew Olsen announced that the DOJ’s China Initiative was officially ending. He also announced DOJ’s new national security strategy - Strategy for Countering Nation-State...more

Stinson - Government Contracting Matters

Department of Homeland Security Issues “SHIELDS UP” Advisory for All Organizations Regardless of Size

This week the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) issued a “SHIELDS UP” advisory.  While it does not identify specific threats in the advisory, CISA states that the “Russian...more

Nossaman LLP

Critical Infrastructure Facing Multiple, Immediate Threats

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According to a January 27, 2022 statement from the White House: "Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced it will extend the Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Cybersecurity Initiative to the water sector. ...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

U.S. Government Takes Increasingly Aggressive Actions Targeting Ransomware

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On November 8, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”), U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”), and the U.S. Department of State (“State”) made several significant announcements regarding recent U.S. government...more

Wiley Rein LLP

DHS/CISA Mandates Fixing Security Vulnerabilities, Warning Companies to be Vigilant

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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a sweeping binding directive to federal agencies to patch hundreds of cybersecurity vulnerabilities that are considered major risks for cyber actors to cause...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

FBI: More Awareness, Due Diligence Needed To Fight China in New ‘Space Race’ for Data

Report on Patient Privacy 21, no. 10 (October, 2021) - Conducting a risk analysis is a basic tenet of security compliance, with the overarching goal of understanding where protected health information (PHI) “lives” in an...more

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