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Privacy Briefs: February 2024

The American Hospital Association (AHA) has warned that information technology (IT) help desks are being targeted in a social engineering scheme that uses the stolen identity of revenue cycle employees or employees in other...more

Troutman Pepper

More Privacy, Please - September/October 2023

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Editor’s Note: The FTC continues to crack down on privacy and cybersecurity, including issuing a new warning to tax preparation companies and entering into a consent decree with 1Health.io. VPPA and BIPA litigation continues...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

True Facts About False Claims: MoFo's FCA Newsletter

Designed for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, this newsletter seeks to bring you up to speed on key federal and state False Claims Act (FCA) developments, with links to primary resources. Each quarter, we...more

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Do Companies Need a Written Security Information Plan?

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As of January 1, 2020, California became the first state to permit residents whose personal information is exposed in a data breach to seek statutory damages between $100-$750 per incident, even in the absence of any actual...more

Baker Donelson

Cybersecurity Preparedness: Standardization is Key

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On August 28, 2019, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) issued a press release encouraging organizations to utilize a standardized approach to assess and improve cybersecurity preparedness. ...more

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International Cyber Task Force Reports on Cyber Regulation

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The International Organization of Securities Commissions has published the final report of its Cyber Task Force on cyber regulation. The report sets out how IOSCO member jurisdictions apply three recognized cyber frameworks -...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

FSSCC Launches Cybersecurity Profile v1.0

A coalition of industry groups has unveiled a new cyber compliance profile framework specifically for financial institutions, aimed at streamlining regulatory burdens....more

McGuireWoods LLP

NIST Releases Financial Institutions IT Asset Management Guide

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NIST has published Special Publication (SP) 1800-5, “IT Asset Management” to help financial service companies monitor and manage IT assets. ...more

Jones Day

Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update Issue 18 | June 2018

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JONES DAY CYBERSECURITY, PRIVACY & DATA PROTECTION ATTORNEY SPOTLIGHT: Richard Martinez - Europe's new General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") is driving an evolution in corporate privacy practices globally. As...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

New York Cybersecurity Regulations Could Affect Foreign Banks

Financial institutions covered by the New York State Department of Financial Services’ (NYDFS) new Cybersecurity Requirements for Financial Services Companies must file their first annual certification by February 15, 2018....more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Proposed Federal Cybersecurity Regulations for Financial Institutions Face an Uncertain Future

Last year’s proposed comprehensive framework for cybersecurity rules for large financial institutions is suddenly facing an uncertain future. With the comment period having closed as of February 2017, the framework was facing...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

New York State Department of Financial Services Cybersecurity Regulation Poised to Reshape Existing Regulatory Landscape

In late December, New York State’s Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) released its revised proposed cybersecurity regulation (the “DFS Rule”). While the revisions pare back some of the DFS Rule’s original requirements...more

McGuireWoods LLP

FFIEC Issues FAQs on the Cybersecurity Assessment Tool

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On October 18, 2016, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) issued answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) to clarify points in FFEIC’s Cybersecurity Assessment Tool (Assessment). FFIEC released...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - September 2016"

In this edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine the Sixth Circuit's decision to allow injury-in-fact to be established by alleging a "substantial risk of harm" in a data breach case, New York state's...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

FFIEC Provides Concrete Guidance on Setting Up Information Security Programs

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The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC)—the interagency body tasked with setting uniform principals and standards for the examination of financial institutions by federal prudential regulators,...more

Baker Donelson

Recent Government Cyber Alert and Draft Guide for Financial Institutions: Lessons for All Organizations

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All organizations, including financial institutions, continue to face significant security threats across their wide ranging IT systems. Such organizations are particularly vulnerable if they cannot track networked devices...more

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FFIEC Weighs in on Cybersecurity in Light of Unprecedented Risk of Cyber Threats

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As financial institutions of all sizes continue to face unprecedented cybersecurity risk, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) released its Cybersecurity Assessment Tool. The Assessment is...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

What General Counsel Need To Know About The Latest Cybersecurity Developments

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In the wake of reported security breaches at a number of significant financial institutions, cybersecurity is garnering more attention and concern than ever before — both within the financial services industry and among...more

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