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Wearable Devices in the Workplace Challenge Data Security and Privacy

Posted in Cybersecurity, Data Compliance & Security, Employee Privacy

  Wearable devices, including health and activity monitors, video and audio recorders, location trackers, and other interconnected devices in the form of watches, wristbands, glasses, rings, bracelets, belts, gloves, earrings and shoes are being heavily promoted in the next wave of consumer electronics. It is estimated that 90 million wearable data devices (“WDD”) will be… Continue Reading

NIST Framework for Critical Infrastructure Released

Posted in Cybersecurity

The release yesterday of the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity by the National Institute of Standards and Technology caps a year-long effort by NIST to find an industry consensus for assessing and improving the cybersecurity of the nation’s privately-owned critical infrastructure. We will be publishing a more detailed analysis of the final Framework in… Continue Reading

Congress Moves Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Bill

Posted in Cybersecurity, Legislation

On Wednesday, the House Homeland Security Committee passed a substitute bill for H.R. 3696, the National Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2013.  The committee substitute bill was broadly supported by both parties.  As it presently stands, H.R. 3696 delegates to the Department of Homeland Security  the responsibility for civilian cybersecurity research and development, incident detection… Continue Reading

Federal IT Acquisition Policy Recommendations Focus on Cybersecurity

Posted in Cybersecurity, Data Compliance & Security

The Department of Defense and the General Services Administration, which together spend more than $500 billion annually on information technology, have released a joint report to the White House recommending steps to upgrade the cybersecurity requirements of acquisitions of information technology and services throughout the federal government.  These recommendations will affect not only suppliers to… Continue Reading

BOSTON: Join Us for “Cybersecurity: It’s Not Just for IT Anymore”

Posted in Class Action Litigation, Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Compliance & Security, Privacy Litigation, Privacy Regulation, Security

If you are in the Boston area (or will be on September 26), please join us for an afternoon discussion on cybersecurity and the growing risk to corporate directors.   It’s no longer just the purview of a company’s IT or compliance personnel.  Cybersecurity needs to be elevated to boardroom discussion and this seminar will cover what… Continue Reading

DataGuidance: Cynthia Larose on Cybersecurity Framework

Posted in Data Compliance & Security

As published in DataGuidance USA: New cybersecurity framework has far-reaching effects on US economy President Obama issued – on 12 February 2013 – the long-awaited Executive Order entitled ‘Improving Infrastructure Cybersecurity’ (the Order), alongside Presidential Policy Directive/PPD 21, to establish a nation-wide ‘Cybersecurity Framework’ and ‘enhance the security and resilience of the Nation’s critical infrastructure’…. Continue Reading

President Signs Cybersecurity Executive Order

Posted in Data Compliance & Security, Security

“America must … face the rapidly growing threat from cyber-attacks. Now, we know hackers steal people’s identities and infiltrate private emails. We know foreign countries and companies swipe our corporate secrets. Now our enemies are also seeking the ability to sabotage our power grid, our financial institutions, our air traffic control systems.  We cannot look back… Continue Reading

Cybersecurity in the 113th Congress

Posted in Data Breach, Data Breach Notification, Legislation, Privacy Regulation, Security

The 113th Congress will bring new leadership to the House Homeland Security Committee and the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committees — all responsible for cybersecurity issues.  President Obama is expected to release an Executive Order (based on the draft circulated in late November 2012) very soon, perhaps before the State of the Union… Continue Reading

First of a series (updated): Issues for 2013

Posted in Class Action Litigation, Data Breach, Data Breach Notification, Data Compliance & Security

Happy New Year!   We are beginning this week with a series of top Privacy and Security issues for 2013, as we see them.   Let’s start with an issue of interest to publicly traded companies, or companies considering going public in 2013 – a reminder that cybersecurity issues are of interest to the Securities… Continue Reading

Cybersecurity and Privacy Issues in the Lame Duck and 113th Congress

Posted in Legislation, Privacy Regulation

With a victory in last week’s election for President Obama, there is an increased chance for an Executive Order on Cybersecurity before the end of the year.   Our colleagues at ML Strategies have published a post-election analysis of telecommunications issues, including cybersecurity and privacy and that analysis is available here – ML Strategies Legislative Alert… Continue Reading

You’ve Got Mail: Senator Rockefeller Sends Letter to CEOs re: Cybersecurity….Reply Requested

Posted in Data Compliance & Security, Privacy Regulation

Written by Adam Veness Senator John D. Rockefeller IV (D., W.Va.) recently sent a letter to the CEOs of all Fortune 500 companies asking the companies for more information about their cybersecurity practices.  The letter comes a month after Senate Republicans filibustered and blocked a bill that would have established voluntary computer security standards for… Continue Reading

“Back to School” – Upcoming Cybersecurity Event in Boston

Posted in Data Breach, Data Breach Notification, Data Compliance & Security

It’s that time of year again – and not just the kiddies are headed back to school. We’re co-sponsoring a free cybersecurity event with a panel of experts to discuss risk management and risk transfer in the privacy/security world.   More information, including registration link, is posted here. Watch this blog for announcement of a webinar… Continue Reading

SEC Guidance to Public Companies: Evaluate and Disclose Cybersecurity Risks

Posted in Class Action Litigation, Data Breach, Data Compliance & Security, Privacy Litigation

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued guidance to public companies with respect to disclosure relating to cybersecurity and data breach risks.    This release is from the Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance and is not a rule or regulation — but it is clear that public companies that ignore the advice in the Disclosure… Continue Reading

Massive Heist of Classified Documents – Pentagon Reports of Cyberwar

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“In a single intrusion this March, 24,000 files were taken.”    Chilling words yesterday from Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn in a speech revealing the nation’s strategy for cyberspace. Last night, CBS News Pentagon Correspondent David Martin got an unprecedented look inside the command center at the Pentagon and filed a report worth watching:   CBS  News Report… Continue Reading

Commerce Department: Call for national, voluntary codes of cybersecurity conduct

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Privacy and security has become a major focus of the Department of Commerce.  The Department’s Internet Policy Task Force has issued its second green paper, this one proposing the creation of nationally recognized voluntary codes of conduct to help strengthen cybersecurity.  Comments will be accepted on “Cybersecurity, Innovation and the Internet Economy” through August 1, 2011…. Continue Reading

Senate Commerce Committee Approves Rockefeller-Snowe Cybersecurity Act

Posted in Data Compliance & Security

We will post a link to the amended legislation as soon as it is released by the Committee. The Senate Commerce Committee press release – WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME), a senior member of the committee,… Continue Reading