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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Fintech Focus Podcast | Responding to a Cyber Attack – Key Considerations for GCs and CISOs

As companies shift their thinking from “if” a cyberattack will happen to “when” an attack hits, the key differentiator in how a company emerges from an attack is often dictated by preparation and strategic planning in order...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 2nd National Conference on Cybersecurity Law & Compliance - January 29th - 30th, Arlington, VA

Cyberattacks are affecting every company and sector. Meanwhile, the regulatory landscape is intensifying as the SEC continues to enforce the cyber-risk management disclosure rules. Every day presents a new compliance and...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Informed Board - November 2024

At what point has a director served too long? What about term limits? A mandatory retirement age? When do a director’s skills become stale? These issues are addressed in this issue of The Informed Board, as well as why proxy...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

What Companies Can Do To Protect Against Cyberattacks … and the Litigation That Often Follows

Cyber threats continue to grow as a result of increased digitization, widespread use of cloud computing, advanced connectivity and artificial intelligence (AI), requiring boards of directors across all sectors to focus more...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

What Does the SEC’s Complaint Against SolarWinds Mean for CISOs and Boards?

On October 30, 2023, the SEC filed a litigated complaint against SolarWinds, a software development company, and Timothy Brown, its chief information security officer (CISO). The SEC alleges that from October 2018, when...more

Woodruff Sawyer

Board of Directors: Prioritize Your Cyber Risk

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Cyber attacks continue to be one of the most concerning risks to businesses. COVID-19 is only exacerbating those risks. Add to that the D&O litigation that happens after a cyber event, and you have a recipe for disaster for...more

NAVEX

3 Coronavirus Compliance Tips From the SEC

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The coronavirus crisis is far from over, and compliance professionals still need every scrap of guidance that regulators can provide about how to run compliance programs in these difficult times. So when the Securities and...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Podcast: Cybersecurity and the Boardroom

In this episode, the third of three building on Akin Gump’s annual Top 10 Topics for Directors report, partner Michelle Reed discusses the critical question of cybersecurity and the corporate world. Among the topics covered: ...more

The Volkov Law Group

Data Privacy and Security – What is the Difference?

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The terms “Data Privacy and Security” are being thrown around a lot lately. Just recently, England’s health services and medical facilities were shut-down and the target of a ransom note (demanding, of course, payment in...more

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SEC Cybersecurity Update

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Results from the SEC’s First Round of Cybersecurity Examinations - On February 3, 2015, the OCIE published a risk alert summarizing its findings from its examinations of over 100 registered investment advisers and...more

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SEC Announces Second Wave of Cyber Exams of Broker Dealers and Advisors – Is Your Firm Ready?

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In April 2014, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”) issued a Risk Alert announcing its first cybersecurity sweep initiative. Pursuant to that initiative,...more

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Proactive Approach To Cybersecurity: Recent SEC guidance and enforcement actions suggest that reactive firms may be in the SEC’s...

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In an environment where even the largest and most powerful corporations have fallen victim to data breaches, it can be challenging to fathom how to protect against the sophisticated and ever-evolving threat of cyber attacks....more

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