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Preserving Forensic Artifacts Following Incident Detection - Dear Mary – Incidents + Investigations Cybersecurity Advice Column

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‘Dear Mary,’ is Troutman Pepper’s Incidents + Investigations team’s advice column. Here, you will find Mary’s answers to questions about anything and everything cyber-related – data breaches, forensic investigations, how to...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy Briefs: November 2023

Report on Patient Privacy 23, no. 11 (November, 2023) The American Hospital Association (AHA) is urging federal lawmakers to intervene with the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) so that hospitals and health systems can...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - March 2023 #2

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CYBERSECURITY - Clop Claims Zero-Day Attacks Against 130 Organizations - Russia-linked ransomware gang Clop has claimed that it has attacked over 130 organizations since late January, using a zero-day vulnerability in...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

When It Comes to Cybersecurity: Be Prepared!

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

Dechert LLP

Dechert Cyber Bits - Issue 15

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California Privacy Protection Agency previews draft regulations - On June 8, 2022, less than two months since the California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) formally took over rulemaking for the California Consumer...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

[Webinar] Moving Targets While Under Fire – Aligning with New Data Laws While Hackers and Customers Bring Pressure - April 5th,...

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In the past 5 years businesses felt the increasingly intricate data management rules (GDPR, CCPA, BIPA) pressed against an explosion in hacking and ransomware. Companies experience pressure from legislators, regulators,...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Few Organizations are Actually Preparing for a Ransomware Attack

Although executives of organizations report that ransomware is their number one security concern, and 87 percent of them expect an increase in cyber-attacks against their organizations over the next year, only one-third of...more

Burns & Levinson LLP

Less Than Two Months Until New Chinese Data Security Law Goes Into Effect

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Earlier this June, China passed the Data Security Law (“DSL”), which will go into effect on September 1, 2021. Unlike many international data security laws, the DSL is not restricted to personal information and instead...more

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing

Are Your IT Agreements COVID-19 Secure?

Cybersecurity has earned its place at the top of organizations’ risk concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic. Remote working, an array of communication solutions and hardware being used by organizations, and the accelerated...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Data Breach Regulatory Settlements Update

Regulatory bodies are upping the ante when it comes to settling with companies that have suffered data breaches. In addition to the below settlements, see also the settlement between the OCR and Dignity Health....more

Hogan Lovells

Coronavirus and Data Protection: Europe’s Data Protection Authorities’ Views

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Data protection authorities from around the world are stepping in to provide their input and guidance on the matter of data processing activities and the fight against the coronavirus.  Hogan Lovells’ global Privacy and...more

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing

Update: Security Requirements under New York SHIELD Act to Go Into Effect

One of the major changes introduced by the Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security (SHIELD) Act, which was signed into New York law last year, is scheduled to take effect this week. ...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Hackers Capitalizing on Coronavirus

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As people across the country and world try to figure out how to protect themselves against the spread of coronavirus, hackers are working hard to spread their own viruses....more

Burr & Forman

Cyber Still Atop Exam Priorities

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FINRA held its bi-annual Cybersecurity Conference in January and recently published five take-away real-world experiences from the conference...more

Epstein Becker & Green

The New York State “Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act” (SHIELD Act) Becomes Effective March 21, 2020: Is Your...

Time is running out. The effective date of New York’s cybersecurity law mandating that organizations implement an information security program to protect “private information” of New York State residents, including employee...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

In Data Privacy, How Smart Is Your Data?

Over the last few years, data privacy has been brought in to the public focus more than ever before. What information is being collected about you, how is it being used, and who has the ability to access it. ...more

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Data Privacy Day: 5 Ways to Help Employees Be #PrivacyAware

1. Help employees manage their individual privacy - Encourage employees to update their individual account privacy settings by visiting Update Your Privacy Settings on staysafeonline.org. ...more

Polsinelli

States’ Data Breach Notification Statute Amendments in Quarters 3-4 of 2019

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From late June 2019 through mid-October 2019, a handful of states amended their data breach notification statutes. Specifically, six states amended their states to (1) require notice to the State Attorney General, (2) broaden...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - January 2020 #3

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FBI Warns of Retaliatory Cyber-Attack from Iran - The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning of a heightened likelihood of Iranian cyber-attacks following the escalation of tension between the U.S. and Iran. This...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #211 – WhatsApp Users: Update Your App to Patch Vulnerability

WhatsApp has announced that it has patched a vulnerability that would have allowed hackers to access with malware the chat history of users. Android 8.1 and 9 could have been susceptible to the attack. However, WhatsApp is...more

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The New York SHIELD Act: What Employers Need To Know

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As mega-breaches heighten concern about the security of personal information and a federal solution does not appear forthcoming, New York recently joined the growing list of states imposing their own security obligations on...more

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