On June 6, a new Executive Order (EO) on cybersecurity altered the compliance landscape for federal contractors. The order pauses the imminent requirement for software vendors to formally attest compliance with the Secure...more
Government contractors should be on high alert following the recent announcement that Raytheon Company, its parent RTX Corporation, and Nightwing Group, LLC, have agreed to pay $8.4 million to resolve allegations of violating...more
7/16/2025
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Cybercriminals are obtaining copies of real or fake employee handbooks and distributing them by email, spoofing a legitimate employer email address so that the email and its attachment appear authentic. The email asks the...more
On Feb. 20, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced the creation of the Cyber and Emerging Technologies Unit (CETU) stating its focus will be on “combatting cyber-related misconduct and to protect retail investors...more
3/3/2025
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2024 was another active year in cybersecurity, with high-profile vulnerabilities and data breaches, and government and private sector responses to them. Examples include pervasive ransomware attacks targeting the healthcare,...more
On Oct. 21, the new Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) rule (the “CUI Rule”) aligning requirements for federal contractors to properly safeguard Controlled Unclassified Information (“CUI”) as outlined in Executive Order...more
This month is the 21st annual Cybersecurity Awareness Month, cosponsored by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) and the National Cybersecurity Alliance. This year’s theme is “Secure Our World,” continuing what...more
Are you prepared for the new SEC Rule on Cybersecurity Incident and Risk Management Disclosures? Don't let your business get caught off guard! This webinar will cover important points about the rule and how to effectively...more
1/19/2024
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2023 was another active year in cybersecurity, with high profile vulnerabilities and data breaches, and government and private sector responses to them. Examples include pervasive ransomware attacks targeting the healthcare,...more
Last month the Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council announced a major proposal regarding cybersecurity incident reporting and information. Comments currently are now due by February 2, 2024....more
11/14/2023
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This month is the 20th annual Cybersecurity Awareness Month, cosponsored by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) and the National Cybersecurity Alliance. This year’s theme is “Secure Our World.” Cybersecurity...more
Clark Hill is proud to invite you to its inaugural, in-person program, where legal, in-house and technical professionals will delve into the latest cyber and privacy topics and trends. Panelists will share insight into...more
On July 19, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released an Industrial Controls Systems Advisory (ICSA) detailing six vulnerabilities in the commonly used MiCODUS MV720 Global Positioning System (GPS)...more
2021 was a game-changing year in cybersecurity, with high profile vulnerabilities and data breaches, and government and private sector responses to them. Examples include Accellion, SolarWinds, Microsoft Exchange, Kaseya,...more
The FBI has reported that an email system was compromised and used to send out thousands of fraudulent emails about a fake cybercrime investigation to over 100,000 inboxes....more
On Nov. 3, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) released a Binding Operational Directive that establishes a catalog of known exploited vulnerabilities that carry significant risk to the federal enterprise...more
This month is the 18th Annual National Cybersecurity Awareness Month in the United States, sponsored by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the National Cyber Security Alliance. This year’s theme is again...more
On Sept. 21, the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued an Advisory updating and superseding its previous advisory issued Oct. 1, 2020. OFAC is careful to note that the Advisory is not law, and does not...more
Connecticut has enacted two laws, both effective on Oct. 1, that enhance the protection of personal information and incentivize cybersecurity under its data breach notification law. The first, Public Act No. 21-59, which...more
On June 3, the Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology released an open letter to corporate executives and business leaders, imploring them to take immediate...more
Passed in 2018, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) took effect on January 1, 2020, although enforcement by the Attorney General was delayed until July 1, 2020. The CCPA embodied a significant move to provide consumers...more
The Department of Defense (DoD) recently announced an expected delay of 90 days in many of its major acquisition programs. The COVID-19 pandemic is just beginning to demonstrate its effect upon, and test the resiliency of,...more
With COVID-19 now a global pandemic, numerous scams, phishing campaigns, and malicious websites are proliferating. COVID-19’s impact is quickly shifting how businesses operate. Many employees are now working remotely in...more
Complying with changing state-level privacy laws will be a business priority in 2020. Because the United States does not have a uniform Federal privacy law, a patchwork of state rules based on where customers live poses new...more
Ransomware attacks against local governments and organizations are on the rise, shutting down key services and creating havoc....more