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Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

FINRA to Member Firms: “You Heard the SEC, Create Plans for Data Breaches Now!”

On May 15, 2024, the SEC announced it would make amendments to Regulation S-P (Reg S-P). This will be the first amendment to the regulation since its adoption 24 years ago in 2000. The regulation focuses on how institutions...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

New Rules for Investment Advisers and Brokers Relating to Cybersecurity Breaches

On May 16, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) unanimously approved amendments to Regulation S-P, which imposes new rules relating to cybersecurity breaches involving investment advisers and brokers. Larger entities...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

SEC Adopts Data Privacy Rule Amendments to Regulation S-P

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Who may be interested: Investment Companies; Investment Advisers; Broker-Dealers; Transfer Agents - The SEC adopted amendments to Regulation S-P imposing new data privacy and security requirements on broker-dealers,...more

Paul Hastings LLP

SEC Adopts Amendments To Regulation S-P

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On May 15, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted amendments to Regulation S-P. Originally passed in 2000, Regulation S-P regulates the treatment of non-public personal information of consumers by...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

SEC Adopts Amendments to Regulation S-P That Require Reporting Breaches of "Sensitive Customer Information"

On May 15, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amendments to Regulation S-P, which covers broker-dealers, registered investment advisors (RIAs), and investment companies (funds). These entities are now required to...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Financial Markets and Funds Quick Take | Issue 20

Katten's Financial Markets and Funds Quick Take is a monthly newsletter highlighting key noteworthy developments potentially affecting financial markets and funds....more

Troutman Pepper

SEC Issues Risk Alert on Safeguarding Customer Records and Information at Branch Offices

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On April 26, the SEC’s Division of Examinations (EXAMS) issued a risk alert on the importance of broker-dealers and investment advisers (collectively, “firms”) establishing and following written policies and procedures aimed...more

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SEC Proposes Three New Cybersecurity Rules To Enhance Consumer Protection And Market Security

On March 15, 2023, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) took a major step towards strengthening cybersecurity in the financial sector by proposing three new rules. These rules aim to improve privacy,...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

SEC Proposes Data Breach Notification and Incident Response Requirements

On March 15, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed three rule changes that demonstrate its continued focus on cybersecurity. One of these proposals, and the only one to be unanimously approved (the...more

Dechert LLP

Dechert Cyber Bits - Issue 25

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SEC Division of Examinations Issues Risk Alert on Regulation S-ID and Identity Theft Prevention Programs - On December 5, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Division of Examinations (“EXAMS”) issued a...more

Dechert LLP

Dechert Cyber Bits - Issue 22

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SEC Chair Gensler Indicates Commission is Looking to Update SEC’s Regulation S-P - On September 28, 2022, Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or the “Commission”) Chairman Gary Gensler appeared via video at the...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Twelve Hours to Get It Right: The SEC Intensifies Its Focus on Cybersecurity

The SEC’s recent enforcement actions, public statements and proposed rulemaking indicate that cybersecurity will be an area of heightened focus for the Gensler Commission. New proposed rules would require public companies...more

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SEC Makes Cybersecurity Top Priority; Sanctions Firms for Cybersecurity Failures

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There is little doubt that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is making cybersecurity a top priority. SEC Chair Gary Gensler told a Senate committee on Tuesday, September 14, 2021 that the agency is developing a...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

SEC “Sweep” of Public Companies’ & Registrants’ Responses to the SolarWinds Cyberbreach

As publicly reported late last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Enforcement (SEC) sent voluntary requests for information to a range of public companies and investment firms seeking voluntary...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

SEC Issues New Risk Alert on “Credential Stuffing” Attacks

On September 15, 2020, the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) issued a Risk Alert highlighting the recent uptick in “credential stuffing” cyber-attacks against SEC-registered investment advisors...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - July 2020 #2

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CYBERSECURITY - SEC Issues Warning for Advisors and Broker-Dealers on Increased Ransomware Attacks - On July 10, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), through its Office of Compliance Inspections and...more

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SEC Issues Warning for Advisors and Broker-Dealers on Increased Ransomware Attacks

On July 10, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission, through its Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE), issued a warning to advisors and broker-dealers to “immediately” review their cybersecurity...more

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White Collar Year in Preview: SEC Enforcement Trends in 2020

Editors’ Note: This is the first in our start-of-year series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year. Up next: a look at trends in health care enforcement. Look for additional...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - April 2019

In this month's Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine several recent U.K.-related cybersecurity developments and the SEC's risk alert reminding investment advisers and broker-dealers to follow through on implementing...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

SEC Warns Registered Firms about Client Privacy and Data Security

• The SEC released a Risk Alert summarizing key areas in which it continues to see compliance deficiencies related to Regulation S-P, the primary SEC rule regarding privacy notices and safeguard policies of investment...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

SEC Issues Risk Alert on Privacy Issues

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The SEC has again signaled that now is the time for investment advisers and broker-dealers to get serious about compliance with Reg. S-P. For years, the SEC’s examination priorities have included a focus on cybersecurity...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

SEC Issues $1 Million Identity Theft Rule Fine

The Securities and Exchange Commission recently settled with Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. for alleged violation of Regulation S-ID (otherwise known as the Identity Theft Red Flags Rule) and Regulation S-P (otherwise known as...more

K&L Gates LLP

OCIE Observations from the Second Round of Cybersecurity Examinations

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On August 7, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”) released a risk alert (the “Risk Alert”) summarizing observations from the second round of...more

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Colorado’s Proposed Cybersecurity Rules for Investment Advisers and Broker-Dealers

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Colorado has new proposed rules that add cybersecurity requirements for certain entities with Colorado securities licenses. The proposed rules are from the regulatory agency the Division of Securities. It licenses securities...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

SEC Steps Up Cybersecurity Enforcement with $1 Million Fine Against Morgan Stanley

The Security and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) recent $1 million settlement with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“MSSB”) marked a turning point in the agency’s focus on cybersecurity issues, an area that the agency has...more

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