Cyber Insurance 101: What It Is And Why You Need It
Study Reveals Alarming Statistics On Theft and Employee Misuse of Company Data
Each of the 50 states has its own definition of what constitutes a reportable data breach. For some, it requires “unauthorized access” to personal information. For others, it requires “unauthorized acquisition.” And then,...more
Threat actors are evolving. Our Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team explains how ransomware gangs have changed their tactics and how companies can respond to the threat while navigating new scrutiny from investors and...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The health care sector faces escalating cybersecurity risks given its size, technological dependence and the sensitive nature of data used therein. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human...more
IRS Awareness Campaign for the Summer 2023 focuses on data theft signs and the importance of staying alert against new and ongoing threats of tax-related identity in order to protect the taxpayer and the tax professional. ...more
On May 31, 2023, renowned managed file transfer solution provider Ipswitch, Inc. revealed a zero-day vulnerability in its flagship solution, MOVEit Transfer, that can enable mass data theft from thousands of organizations....more
HR employees are, willingly or not, the guardians of the company’s most sensitive collection of data—its employee’s personal information. Cybercriminals often perceive the human resources department as the perfect gateway...more
What are the implications for data privacy and information security in the Metaverse? The metaverse will create an “even more immersive and embodied Internet”, where users can meet friends, collaborate with colleagues, play...more
CYBERSECURITY - ECRI Names Cybersecurity Attacks as Top Health Technology Hazard for 2022 - ECRI has been publishing its annual report of health technology hazards for the past 15 years. According to ECRI’s Device...more
Risk Management Question - What are some of the newest hacking scams that may affect law firms and other businesses? The Issue - On October 27, 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued warnings to be on alert...more
Go to just about any news site today and there is probably a new story about a data breach that costs a company millions of dollars. Just in the past few weeks, we’ve seen Colonial Pipeline pay as much as $5 million in...more
Cybersecurity was undoubtably on the forefront of the agenda for many organizations in 2020 – and 2021 should be no different. The rapid shift to remote work over the past year has led to an increased number of cybersecurity...more
Report on Patient Privacy 18, no. 1 (January 2021) - Security threats to health care entities will continue to escalate in 2021, as bad actors with significant capabilities target pandemic-weary organizations still...more
Several federal agencies have teamed up to warn healthcare employers of the increased threat they face as a result of malicious cybercriminals aiming to take advantage of the pandemic to wreak havoc on their operations. The...more
Report on Patient Privacy 20, no. 11 (November 2020) - HHS Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology (ONC) is giving health care organizations more time to meet new rules on information...more
October is best known for Halloween, but October also happens to be National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. It’s a time to focus on how cybersecurity is a shared responsibility, and we all must work together to protect and...more
Today the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Resources announced that a Georgia orthopedic clinic agreed to pay $1.5 million and adopt a two-year corrective action plan to settle potential...more
A recent report by researchers at the Helmholz Center for Information Security (CISPA), Singapore University of Technology and Design, and the University of Oxford has revealed that Bluetooth technology is vulnerable to a new...more
The Security Summit, consisting of the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), state tax agencies, and private-sector tax industry officials, is encouraging tax professionals during the 2019 summer season to take some time to...more
This week, I was honored to again have the opportunity to participate as a speaker at the Internal Revenue Service’s Nationwide Tax Forum 2019 in Washington, D.C. Through a generous grant provided by the American Coalition...more
The task of securing company networks and systems is no longer delegated solely to an organization’s IT department. Human resources plays an equally important role in protecting company data. The authors of this article...more
Parents who took their children to Disney World in recent years may have been surprised when Disney “cast members” asked the young princes and princesses to place a finger on a scanner before entering the parks. Biometric...more
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released a publication entitled the "Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices (HICP): Managing Threats and Protecting Patients." The HICP was prepared in response to the...more
Community Health System, one of the largest health systems in the United States, has agreed to pay $4,500,000 to settle claims made against it arising from a 2014 data breach. The data breach, believed to be caused by malware...more
Why It Matters: The Threat Faced by Companies Today of Employee Misuse of Sensitive Company Data - In today's highly digital and technological age, employees are commonly utilizing company networks and systems to...more