Data Privacy & Cybersecurity

Obama Budget Pledges $19B To Cybersecurity

February 9, 2016

Cybersecurity efforts are a major point of emphasis in the Obama administration’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2017, released this […]

Hacking Is A Tough Way To Make A Living

February 8, 2016

A recent survey by the Ponemon Institute got feedback from about 300 hackers, most of them from the U.S., the UK and Germany. Their average yearly “compensation” would ….

Study: Employees Weak Link In Cybersecurity

February 1, 2016

In a recent survey of corporate information security practitioners, 93 percent of companies perceived people to be the biggest weakness […]

Hackers Swipe Legal Closing Funds

January 27, 2016

By intercepting emails between lawyers and their clients, hackers are stealing closing funds. The scheme has worked in at least […]

Massive Breach Leads To New Agency For Gov’t Background Checks

January 27, 2016

Following a massive cybersecurity breach that exposed the names, addresses, and Social Security numbers of about 22 million current and […]

Big Data Will Change Case Preparation

January 27, 2016

Initially, the Big Data trend hit the legal market with services focused on billing, time management, marketing and customer service […]

Current Landscape Of Cyber Insurance

January 25, 2016

Data breaches have policyholders “scrambling to fit the proverbial square peg into the round hole of their insurance programs.” Insurers […]

Giuliani Departs Firm, Now Just “Bracewell”

January 25, 2016

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani is leaving Texas-based Bracewell & Giuliani to join Greenberg Traurig LLP. His old firm, […]

FTC Asleep On “Big Data” Regulation?

January 19, 2016

An LA Times columnist looks at a recent Federal Trade Commission report about the implications of “big data” and finds it…

A Close Look At The New Cybersecurity Act

January 13, 2016

Title I is most relevant to companies, and this post takes a close look at what it says.

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