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Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy Briefs: November 2024

Change Healthcare Inc. has amended its initial breach report to the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to state that 100 million individuals were impacted by its mammoth ransomware attack and breach. However, as of Oct. 24,...more

Mayer Brown

Trends in US Cybersecurity Regulation

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As cybersecurity rules proliferate, companies must navigate a maze of new, and often overlapping, proactive and reactive cybersecurity requirements and guidance. This Legal Update surveys new cybersecurity rules and...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Decoded - Technology Law Insights, V 5, Issue 7, August 2024

Welcome to our seventh 2024 issue of Decoded - our technology law insights e-newsletter. We have a few events we want to pass along to those interested in technology, but also other areas of law and business. ...more

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog

From Encryption to Employment, U.S. Federal Agencies Brace for the Effects of Quantum Computing, AI and More

In this week’s edition of Consumer Protection Dispatch, we look at the latest regulatory developments from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and the Securities and Exchange Commission...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

For Limited Use Only: Guidance on National Security Delay Determinations under the SEC Cyber Reporting Rule

On December 12, 2023, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued guidance related to the process by which companies may request the United States Attorney General authorize delays of cyber incident disclosures, pursuant to a...more

Wiley Rein LLP

SEC Breach Reporting Rules Effective as of December 18

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For most filers, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) new Form 8-K rules for reporting material cybersecurity incidents took effect yesterday, December 18, 2023. The rule has been controversial and created some...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

U.S. Electrical Grid and Renewables – Vulnerability to Cyber Attacks

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As discussed previously in this blog, physical attacks against substations have been on the rise. However, the U.S. power grid is also vulnerable to cyberattacks from U.S. adversaries, which includes hostile foreign...more

Paul Hastings LLP

SEC Cyber Rules Published in Federal Register

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The SEC’s Cybersecurity Risk Management Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure Rules were officially published in the Federal Register on August 4, 2023 and go into effect on September 5, 2023....more

Quarles & Brady LLP

SEC Rules Impose New Four-Day Reporting Requirements for Cybersecurity Incidents

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) voted on July 26, 2023 to adopt new cybersecurity rules, which are aimed at helping investors better understand the cybersecurity risks associated with public companies by...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

SEC adopts new rule on cybersecurity risk management, disclosure

On July 26, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a new rule regarding cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance, and incident disclosure. The “Cybersecurity Incident Disclosure Rule” will be applicable to...more

Alston & Bird

Chinese Hackers Exploit Gap in Cloud Environment Used by U.S. Government

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According to recent reports issued by Microsoft and U.S. government agencies, hackers recently exploited a gap in Microsoft’s cloud environment, enabling the malicious actors to access the email accounts of employees at the...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

How a Zero-Day Flaw in MOVEit Led to a Global Ransomware Attack

In an era where our lives are ever more intertwined with technology, the security of digital platforms is a matter of national concern. A recent large-scale cyberattack affecting several U.S. federal agencies and numerous...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - July 2022 #2

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CYBERSECURITY - Cloaked Ursa Using Trusted Online Storage Services to Evade Detection - According to research by Palo Alto’s Unit 42, the most recent campaign by advanced persistent threat Cloaked Ursa (aka APT 20,...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

Stinson - Government Contracting Matters

Department of Homeland Security Issues “SHIELDS UP” Advisory for All Organizations Regardless of Size

This week the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) issued a “SHIELDS UP” advisory.  While it does not identify specific threats in the advisory, CISA states that the “Russian...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

FBI: More Awareness, Due Diligence Needed To Fight China in New ‘Space Race’ for Data

Report on Patient Privacy 21, no. 10 (October, 2021) - Conducting a risk analysis is a basic tenet of security compliance, with the overarching goal of understanding where protected health information (PHI) “lives” in an...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

To Combat Cyber Crime, White House Initiative Promises Tools; Some Seek Funding, New Laws

Report on Patient Privacy 21 no. 9 (September, 2021) - As ransomware attacks become epidemic and breaches get larger, the Biden administration is partnering with private industry to bolster security and education in an...more

Bilzin Sumberg

Do the 2021 Federal Ransomware Laws Foretell Passage of Federal Data Privacy Laws?

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In the last several weeks, the Executive and Legislative branches of the United States federal government have taken bipartisan measures to defend the country’s infrastructure from the critical national security threat posed...more

Holland & Hart LLP

Post-Ransomware Attack: Is it Time to Return to True Systems Segmentation?

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In the end, food companies must balance the process efficiencies and controls that data transmission and functionality over the internet provide with the risk of cyberattacks that cripple production. A sizeable chunk of...more

Lighthouse

Cybersecurity Defense: Biden Administration Executive Order a Great Start Towards a More Robust National Framework

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On May 12, President Biden issued a landmark Executive Order (“the Order”) aimed at improving the country’s cybersecurity threat defense. This Order is an attempt to create a “whole of government” response to increasingly...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Federal Legislation Considers Banning Ransom Payments to Hackers

The year 2021 continues to reveal an alarming rise in ransomware attacks. Two of the most notable of such attacks include the ransomware attack on CNA Financial Corp., with resulting payment of $40 million in ransom, and the...more

Stinson - Government Contracting Matters

In the Wake of Colonial Pipeline Cyber Incident, President Issues Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity – What...

If you live on the East Coast and tried to get gasoline last week, you already know firsthand of the impacts that a cyber incident can wreck on the supply chain.  As a result of the Colonial Pipeline cyber incident, a...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

8 Key Takeaways from Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity for Government Contractors

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On May 12, 2021, the Biden administration released a far-reaching executive order intended to improve the U.S. government’s cybersecurity posture, both internally and in any private information technology (IT) systems that...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

New York Department of Financial Services and National Securities Corporation Agree to $3 Million Settlement in Cybersecurity...

Earlier this month, the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) announced a settlement and consent order with National Securities Corporation (National Securities) for $3 million in connection with National...more

Oberheiden P.C.

10 Reasons to Hire a Corporate Private Investigator

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Corporate investigations can serve a variety of different purposes. From uncovering accounting fraud to responding to cybersecurity breaches and preparing for litigation, there are various circumstances in which corporate...more

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