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CYBER UPDATE: White House Seeks Regulatory Harmonization While Exploring a Pilot for Reciprocity Amid Proliferation of Regulations

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Companies, particularly those in “critical infrastructure” sectors, have seen a dramatic increase in cybersecurity regulatory requirements in just the past few years – and the White House is looking to move faster. At the...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

NIST Releases Guidance on Supply Chain Security

The National Institutes of Science and Technology (NIST) Information Technology Laboratory recently released guidance entitled “Software Supply Chain Security Guidance,” in response to directives set forth in President...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

NIST Releases Request for Information to Improve Cybersecurity Framework and Supply Chain Risk Management

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently released a Request for Information (RFI) that seeks to gather information to help evaluate and improve cybersecurity resources for the cybersecurity framework...more

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Cleared Defense Contractors at Risk from Russian Cyber Activity; Advisory Shows Government Expectations

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What: Cleared Defense Contractors (CDCs) are being actively targeted by Russian state-sponsored cyber activity, according to a Joint Cybersecurity Advisory from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), National Security...more

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NIST Publishes Key Practices in Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management

The recent SolarWinds attack alerted the world to the risk of a cyber supply chain attack—an attack through or on your company’s vendors or suppliers. It is increasingly clear that even if you take all the right steps to...more

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NIST Releases Privacy Framework

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On January 16, the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released version 1.0 of its Privacy Framework: A Tool for Privacy Through Enterprise Risk Management. The product of a two-year...more

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National Institute of Standards and Technology Releases Privacy Framework To Help Companies To Address Privacy Risks

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On January 16, the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released version 1.0 of its Privacy Framework: A Tool for Privacy Through Enterprise Risk Management. The product of a two-year...more

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OCR Provides Insight into Enforcement Priorities and Breach Trends

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Regulators, industry experts, and researchers provided insight into health privacy and security enforcement trends, emerging threats, and new tools at a recent conference focused on the Health Insurance Portability and...more

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Interesting Cybersecurity Development in the Insurance and Vendor Risk Arena

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Often one of the benefits of working with a capable cyber risk broker or insurer is that the covered business has access to supplemental services ranging from security assessments to budget-priced post-incident legal support....more

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Executive Order on Cybersecurity: Considerations for Business - A fuller picture emerges on how the Trump Administration’s first...

On May 11th, in the wake of a series of wide-ranging cyber breaches and attacks plaguing public and private sectors alike, President Trump signed a long-awaited Executive Order on Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Presidential Executive Order on Cybersecurity: No More Antiquated IT

On May 11, President Donald Trump issued his long-awaited Executive Order on cybersecurity, the ‘‘Presidential Executive Order on Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure.’’ It had been...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

NIST Releases Update to Cybersecurity Framework

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued an update to its Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, which includes information relating to managing supply chain risks,...more

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NIST Cybersecurity Framework

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Businesses today have their work cut out for them. Small or large, no organization is immune from cybersecurity threats. Added pressures arise from stepped up government regulatory oversight and enforcement that targets an...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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What the Recent NAIC Financial Condition Examiners Handbook Changes Mean for Insurers

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On September 21, 2015, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) IT Examination Working Group adopted amendments to the IT section of the Financial Condition Examiners Handbook (“the Handbook”). The changes...more

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Security Frameworks 101: Which is Right for my Organization?

These days information security is on the minds of virtually all technology professionals and business executives alike. But how does an organization ensure that their security profile is adequate. It can certainly help to...more

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NIST Publishes Cybersecurity Standards Objectives

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has published a draft of its objectives for cybersecurity standardization, following in many ways the consultative model that it used successfully in drafting the NIST...more

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FFIEC’s Cybersecurity Assessment Tool: Guidance for CEOs and Boards - Senior Management and Boards Should Be Actively Addressing...

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The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) released a Cybersecurity Assessment Tool (CAT) on June 30, 2015, to assist organizations in identifying cyber risks and assessing their cybersecurity...more

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