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

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 4/4/2025

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

Directors Quarterly: January 2025

KPMG Board Leadership Center (BLC) on 1/20/2025

The latest edition of Directors Quarterly features a summary of board and committee agenda priorities for 2025, financial reporting and auditing updates, post-election observations from around the world, and more. Read the...more

ECB Mandates Board Expertise in Addressing ICT and Security Risks

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 7/17/2024

Earlier this year, a dedicated policy prepared by the European Central Bank (ECB) came into effect requiring bank management bodies to broaden their collective understanding of and proficiency in identifying and dealing with...more

New York’s Department of Financial Services Amplifies its Cybersecurity Regulations

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 11/14/2023

On November 1, 2023, the New York State Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) amended its cybersecurity regulations to institute additional standards and controls aimed at securing sensitive data among the financial...more

DORA – Key Considerations for Alternative Investment Funds

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 11/3/2023

The EU Digital Operational Resilience Act (Regulation (EU) 2022/2554) (DORA) creates a regulatory framework intended to enhance the operational resilience of the financial sector by establishing uniform requirements for the...more

Are the Wild Wild West Days of Silicon Valley Over?

Foley & Lardner LLP on 4/14/2023

Here at Foley, we've partnered with companies through times of prosperity and crisis. From the Dot-com bubble and the Great Recession to current volatility in crypto to health tech, we've observed a common thread — governance...more

Bermuda Cyber Risk Code Compliance Deadline

Conyers on 2/10/2023

The Bermuda Monetary Authority published the revised Operational Cyber Risk Management Code of Conduct (the “Cyber Risk Code”) for corporate service providers, trust companies, money services businesses, investment...more

NYDFS Proposes Amendments to Cybersecurity Regulation

Holland & Knight LLP on 11/17/2022

The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) on Nov. 9, 2022, released Proposed Amendments to its Cybersecurity Regulation. The NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation was one of the first laws requiring companies to comply...more

New York Proposes Cybersecurity Rules for Financial Institutions

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 8/29/2022

On July 29, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) released Draft Amendments to its Part 500 Cybersecurity Rules that would impose new obligations on financial institutions on reporting, governance, testing,...more

FinCEN to host second ‘exchange’ on preventing ransomware

Foodman CPAs & Advisors on 7/26/2021

The United States Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) will hold a second FinCEN Exchange in August to discuss ways to combat increasingly sophisticated cyber and ransomware attacks. The FinCEN...more

Financial Institutions to Remain Vigilant of Ransomware Attacks as they are Facilitators of Ransomware Payments

Foodman CPAs & Advisors on 11/3/2020

On October 1, 2020, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an advisory to alert Financial Institutions (FI) relating to “predominant trends, typologies, and potential indicators of ransomware and associated...more

New York Demands Coronavirus Emergency Plan from Crypto Firms by April 9th and Adds Requirements for Boards and CEOs

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 3/17/2020

The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) issued guidance to financial institutions engaged in virtual currency business activities, mandating that an emergency preparedness plan from each firm be submitted to...more

Nutter Bank Report: Special Edition

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP on 3/16/2020

The FFIEC recently issued updated guidance on actions that banks should take to minimize the potential adverse effects of a pandemic. The Interagency Statement on Pandemic Planning (“Interagency Statement”) released on March...more

Governance & Securities Law Focus: Asia Edition - July 2018

A&O Shearman on 8/1/2018

In this newsletter, we provide a snapshot of the principal Asian, US, European and selected international governance and securities law developments of interest to Asian corporates and financial institutions. ...more

Registered Firms: Annual Compliance Obligations—What You Need To Know

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 3/13/2018

This alert contains a summary of the primary annual and periodic compliance-related obligations that may apply to investment advisers registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) or with a particular...more

The Bank Next Door: Part I – Using Social Media to “Friend” Customers

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 5/2/2017

This blog is the first in a series of articles which will examine the risks, rewards, innovative uses, and changing legal landscape of social media use by financial services institutions. Future blog articles will examine...more

New York Department of Financial Services Cybersecurity Regulations Take Effect | Publications

McCarter & English, LLP on 3/3/2017

PDF Version New cybersecurity-related regulations issued by New York state regulators took effect March 1, 2017. The rules, which directly impact all entities regulated by the New York Department of Financial Services (such...more

New York DFS Finalized Cybersecurity Regulations Go Into Effect March 1, 2017

Bracewell LLP on 3/3/2017

On February 16, 2017, the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) announced the final version of the “first-of-its-kind” cybersecurity regulations governing financial institutions, insurance companies, and other...more

DFS Final Cyber Regulation: Accountability at the Top

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 2/21/2017

Over the last few months, the New York Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) cybersecurity regulation has undergone multiple revisions. But late last week, DFS issued its final regulation, which will go into effect on...more

New York and Feds Leading the Charge on Financial Institution Cybersecurity Regulations

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 11/21/2016

Both federal and state officials recently proposed new regulations aimed at the financial sector in an effort to promote protection against high-impact technology failures and cyberattacks...more

Unpacking New York’s Cybersecurity Regulation: Part 1 in a 3-Part Series

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 11/14/2016

This is the first installment in a three-part series examining the New York State Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) new cybersecurity regulation. The Patterson Belknap Privacy and Data Security Team has studied the...more

International Regulators Issue Cybersecurity Guidance to the Financial Industry

Ballard Spahr LLP on 7/7/2016

The Bank for International Settlement (BIS) Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) last week issued the first internationally agreed-upon...more

FDIC & Cyber: Words of Warning to Financial Institutions and their Boards

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 2/23/2016

Financial institutions sit atop a wealth of personal information – not to mention money. In an interconnected world in which sensitive customer information is stored on servers and in the cloud – and online and mobile...more

FDIC cybersecurity framework features four areas critical to bank security

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 2/11/2016

Long gone are the days when a financial institution’s primary security concern was protecting cash in the bank vault, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) acknowledges in its recent article, “A Framework for...more

Cybersecurity 2.0: What’s Expected of Federally Regulated Financial Institutions

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP on 10/30/2015

As federally regulated financial institutions (FRFIs) expand their reliance on technology, employ progressively complicated and interconnected networks and systems, increase their electronic service offerings and collaborate...more

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