Data Privacy & Cybersecurity

FDIC to Banks: Prep for “Urgent” Threat of Cyberattacks

October 13, 2014

A Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Working Group formed by the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council will soon release a report assessing the banking sector’s overall readiness to address a significant cyberthreat, FDIC Chairman Martin Gruenberg told attendees of the American Banker Regulatory Symposium.

Insurer Not Off The Hook In $3.5 Million Computer-Hack Case

October 12, 2014

After hackers managed to route $3.5 million from a customer’s Philadelphia bank account to recipients in Russia and Belarus, the […]

SEC’s Increasing Cybersecurity Disclosure Requirements

October 9, 2014

The key areas where disclosure may be required: risk factors, management discussion and analysis, description of business, legal proceedings and financial statement disclosure.

JPMorgan Hackers Breached Nine Other Financial Firms

October 7, 2014

The overseas hackers who compromised more than seven million people’s information at JPMorgan Chase & Co. also infiltrated nine other […]

Former DHS Chief Offers Up Cyber Insurance

October 6, 2014

Former homeland security chief Tom Ridge is getting into cyber insurance, he announced this week. In light of massive breaches […]

Your Client is Hacked and Personal Information is Leaked Online – Now What?

September 30, 2014

Respond quickly, contact authorities – including an Internet crime specialty organization – and other tips for corporate lawyers to follow when facing cybercrime.

New Cybersecurity Framework Puts Litigators, Information Security Officers, On Same Page

September 22, 2014

Litigators and information security professionals are finding that their work overlaps, at least when it comes to data management, writes […]

Hackers Targeting Law Firms To Get To Corporate Clients

July 17, 2014

Hackers are looking to cyber-vulnerable law firms as a “back door” to gain access to the firm’s corporate clients. The […]

Insurers Rush To Gain Cyber Expertise Ahead Of Booming Market

July 15, 2014

Ahead of the potentially exponential growth of cyber coverage, insurers are rushing to gain expertise in that fledgling market. Some […]

Cybersecurity Management 2014: A Today’s General Counsel Survey

July 14, 2014

Roughly half of survey participants said their organization had experienced a data breach, and about the same percentage say their […]

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