Cybersecurity

The Pitfalls Of “Business Associate” HIPAA Liability

Penalties can be significant, but no business should take on the compliance burden of “business associate” if it’s not…

Evolving Cyber Threats And New Insurance Coverage

Understanding the threat and the key variables and terms in coverage, which include liability (coverage for defense and indemnity);  coverage […]

Copyright Exemption Okayed For Car Hack Research

The U.S. Copyright Office has issued a clarification that exempts researchers and “white hat” hackers from some provisions of the […]

Retailers Advised To Crack Down On Vendor Cybersecurity For Holidays

Data breaches at big retailers are now an old story, and in some cases indirect attack through a clueless vendor […]

Evaluating Cyber Risk Of A Target Company

How to assess a company’s cyber risks before committing resources to a potential investment, detailed in a client alert from […]

The Nastiest Cyber-Crime: Extortion

With the market for social security and credit card numbers “over saturated,” some criminals have turned to the insidious and […]

Trump Hotel Cyber Suit Is A Cautionary Tale

Trump International Hotels recently became the latest target of a major data breach class action lawsuit, joining – among others […]

Stoned Teen Hacked CIA

The Dept. of Defense spends more than $5 billion to keep digital info out of the hands of Russia, China, […]

Cybersecurity Best Practices For Law Firms

A recent meeting of legal and technology professionals came up with five best practices for enhancing law firm cybersecurity. Warning: […]

Appeals Court Ponders 1984 Computer Fraud Law

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is being asked to revisit the government’s use of the 1984 Computer Fraud and […]

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