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[Webcast Transcript] From Breach to Insight: Incident Response & PII Recovery

HaystackID on 6/6/2024

Editor’s Note: In this informative webcast, Christopher Wall, DPO and Special Counsel for Global Privacy and Forensics at HaystackID, moderates a compelling discussion titled “From Breach to Insight: Incident Response and PII...more

The True Cost of Cybersecurity Failure – When Technology (and People) Fail

NAVEX on 4/16/2024

Picture this: your company's systems are frozen, your data is held hostage and panicked customers flood your phone lines. A simple mistake, an unpatched vulnerability – even when your team was doing all the right things. It...more

Hackers Can Securely Enter Your Networks with XZ

Baker Donelson on 4/4/2024

A security researcher found an intentionally placed backdoor in a software library called XZ Utils on April 2. This backdoor allows hackers to hijack secure sessions, or create their own, on devices within an organization's...more

Wire-Fraud, Data Breach, and Phishing: A Live Action Role Play for In House Counsel

Ward and Smith, P.A. on 4/3/2024

At the recent In-House Counsel Seminar, three Ward and Smith attorneys presented a realistic role play response to an incidence of wire fraud, addressing red flags associated with fraudulent communications, corporate incident...more

Looking at Data Breach and Class Action Exposure Through a Single Lens

Epiq on 12/15/2023

There has been a spike in data breach class actions this year. According to a study by Law.com Radar, the monthly average of data breach class actions was 44.5 from January through August. This figure is more than double of...more

Corporate Boards Mulling Effects of SEC Cyber Enforcement and CISO Exposure, and Possibly Hacker Complaints to SEC

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 11/20/2023

According to a New York Times story this weekend, the Security Exchange Commission’s lawsuit against SolarWinds is driving discussions in boardrooms and corporate security departments of large organizations about the handling...more

Digital Planning Podcast Episode: When Cyber Attacks Hit Home

Ballard Spahr LLP on 10/4/2023

Cyber security impacts everyone who has a computer, tablet, mobile device, or on-line presence. With cyber-attacks occurring every day, we are all potential targets who should constantly be monitoring our cyber behaviors. In...more

Don’t Gamble With Your Cybersecurity and Incident Response Plan: Lessons Learned from the Las Vegas Ransomware Attacks

Amundsen Davis LLC on 9/29/2023

Typically, we beat the drum of the need to prepare for a data incident—anything from a full-blown ransomware attack to an employee accidently sharing data with the wrong person—by having your Incident Response Plan developed...more

Move it or Lose it – With Cyber Breach Response, Time is of the Essence

Epiq on 9/27/2023

There are so many factors that go into breach response. Determining the size of the breach, time limitations, legal requirements, notification needs, urgency for containment, and interrupted business operations are just a...more

Insights From The IBM 2023 Cost of a Data Breach Report

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 9/5/2023

The annual Cost of a Data Breach Report (Report) published by IBM is reliably full of helpful cybersecurity data. This year is no different. After reviewing the Report, we pulled out some interesting data points. Of course,...more

Cybersecurity: What Healthcare Providers Need to Know

Roetzel & Andress on 6/29/2023

On this episode of the #HealthLawHotSpot, host Ericka Adler is joined by fellow Roetzel shareholder Hillard Sterling for an in-depth discussion on cybersecurity issues that health care providers are facing. Ericka and Hillard...more

Questions You Should Ask When Selecting a Managed Detection and Response (MDR) Provider

Ankura on 4/5/2023

According to the 2022 Cost of a Data Breach Report by IBM Security and the Ponemon Institute, the cost of a data breach grew to an average of 4.35M in U.S. dollars in 2022 – reaching an all-time high. In addition, 83% of...more

Water Cybersecurity? EPA Mandates Regulations to Prevent Cyberattacks on Public Water Systems

J.S. Held on 3/30/2023

EPA Aims to Mitigate Risk of Cyberattack on Public Water Systems On March 3, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its Memorandum Addressing Public Water System (PWS) Cybersecurity in Sanitary Surveys or...more

Stolen Databases Obtained In Transaction Leads to $400K Settlement with PA and OH Attorneys General

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 2/17/2023

This post deals with another data breach, yes, hackers were able to compromise the organization’s systems and exfiltrate personal information relating to over 45,000 Pennsylvania and Ohio residents. However, there are several...more

What to Do After a Data Breach: Surviving the First 24 Hours

Tenace on 1/25/2023

Today data breaches are a costly and ever-present danger for businesses in both the public and private sector. Each year, the total number of reported breaches grows 5-10% over the previous year, with over 22 billion records...more

When It Comes to Cybersecurity: Be Prepared!

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP on 1/23/2023

As has been the trend for some time now, organizations across all industries and sectors are increasingly at risk of being targeted by bad actors online. Now, the adage espoused by IT security professionals is to prepare for...more

Shifting Cyber Landscape – Crisis Awareness as a Means to Prevent and Prepare

StoneTurn on 9/14/2022

Crises and uncertainty are inevitable forces in modern business, particularly in cyber and digital. General counsels and legal risk executives are well suited to lead preparedness and resiliency for future crises, uniting key...more

Busting Cyber Myths Part 2: I Can’t Afford Cyber Protection

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC on 8/11/2022

In the second of a three-part series, Buckingham Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Attorney David Myers talks with Andy Jones, CEO, Fortress Security Risk Management, and Bryan Schauer, Vice President at The Schauer Group’s...more

Hacked, Shut Down, But Still Seeing Patients: U. of Vermont Medical Center Shares Strategies

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 6/13/2022

Report on Patient Privacy 22, no. 6 (June, 2022) - Sometimes numbers tell the most compelling story. So, here are some associated with a cyberattack the University of Vermont Medical (UVM) Center suffered in October 2020...more

Building a resilient tech strategy: Cyber attacks

Hogan Lovells on 5/4/2022

Being an innovative business comes with its challenges and legal risks. In recent years, there has been a major increase in cyber attacks, and this is a real risk for every business. Aside from the cyber attack itself,...more

Death by a Thousand Paper Cuts: The Scourge That Is Business Email Compromise

Goldberg Segalla on 4/22/2022

In June 2014, the CEO of Omaha-based Scoular Company sent a series of emails to his company’s controller to let him know that the company was in negotiations to buy a Chinese company. The emails highlighted the sensitivity of...more

Defense In-Depth: Cybersecurity For Energy

Opportune LLP on 4/7/2022

Glenn Hartfiel, Principal, and Geoff Yut, Consultant, at Opportune LLP discuss why recent geopolitical events are heightening the need for the implementation of improved cybersecurity measures in the energy industry, why...more

Construction Industry: Data Security Considerations

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 3/31/2022

No industry is immune to privacy and cybersecurity risks, and the construction industry is no exception. Those in the construction industry can protect against a potential cyberattack by understanding the risks and...more

[Webinar] How to Prevent and Respond to Business Email Compromises - April 26th, 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm ET

Foley Hoag LLP on 3/23/2022

Please join us for a discussion and Q&A regarding the growing threat of business email compromises (a.k.a. man-in-the-middle attacks). Attorneys Chris Hart and Yoni Bard, litigators with experience in privacy matters and...more

Shields Up: 10 Proactive Steps Employers Can Take to Prevent Russian Cybersecurity Attacks

Fisher Phillips on 2/25/2022

Tensions have been heightening in the Russia-Ukraine crisis given the Russian military invasion that took place late last night – and while this conflict seems to be thousands of miles away, its effects on your business could...more

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