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China Proposes Amendments to the Cybersecurity Law

Mayer Brown on 7/25/2025

INTRODUCTION - Almost eight years after the Cybersecurity Law (“CSL”) came into force in the PRC in 2017, the Cyberspace Administration of China (“CAC”) issued draft amendments to the CSL (“2025 Draft Amendments”) on 28...more

Patch, Patch, Patch: Updates for Fortinet, Microsoft, and Adobe Products

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 3/14/2024

Patching vulnerabilities is a difficult task. Keeping up with and patching them without disrupting users’ experience is tricky. Nonetheless, it is a necessary evil and crucial to cybersecurity hygiene and incident prevention....more

Critical Infrastructure Organizations Warned to Upgrade Systems and Software

Nossaman LLP on 2/9/2024

In one of the most clear-eyed and sobering assessments of the cyberthreat China poses to our nation’s critical infrastructure, the country’s foremost cybersecurity leaders recently testified that the Chinese Communist Party...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - January 2024 #3

Robinson & Cole LLP on 1/26/2024

CYBERSECURITY- Mozilla Releases Security Updates for Thunderbird and Firefox - Mozilla recently released security updates to address known vulnerabilities in their Thunderbird and Firefox products. The Cybersecurity &...more

Top Five Considerations When Responding to a Cyber Breach

Integreon on 12/21/2023

When a cyber breach occurs, cooler heads need to prevail. This can be a highly emotional and stressful occurrence. Being prepared and having a clear plan of action will help you stay focused, meet your compliance...more

Network Topology and Mapping: Cornerstones of Data Security – Part 1

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 11/30/2023

Data security is a top concern for organizations in today’s digital landscape. It protects data from unauthorized access, use, modification, or disclosure, and requires implementing technical, administrative, and physical...more

Privacy Tip #367 – Update your Apple Operating System to 16.6 NOW

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 7/28/2023

On Monday, July 24, 2023, Apple issued a security update to address vulnerabilities that have been linked to a spyware campaign. iOS 16.6 fixes 25 iPhone security flaws, several of which are being exploited by threat actors...more

Technical Elements of a Cybersecurity Compliance Program (IV of IV)

The Volkov Law Group on 7/14/2023

The term cybersecurity is thrown about because it covers so many risks. There is no common definition of cybersecurity and the technical elements included in the term. From a technical standpoint, cybersecurity covers...more

Best Patch Management Strategy for Remote Workers

Accelerynt, Inc. on 6/12/2023

Like it or not, the remote workforce is here to stay. Statistics show that employees say they are more productive working from home, and even before the global pandemic, there had been a 44% growth in the remote workforce...more

Hybrid Workforces and Compliance with Sheila Limmroth

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 4/21/2022

Hybrid work is likely here to say, and, as Sheila Limmroth, privacy specialist at DCH Health System, and the author of the chapter Hybrid Work Environment in the Complete Healthcare Compliance Manual observes in this...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - April 2022 #3

Robinson & Cole LLP on 4/15/2022

CYBERSECURITY - DOJ Takes Down RaidForums' Website - In an action against what has been described as one of the largest hacker forums in the world, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on April 12, 2022, that...more

Patch Tuesday Release Includes Fix for Actively-Exploited Flaw

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 4/15/2022

Microsoft released its monthly patches this week to fix 128 vulnerabilities, including 10 rated as critical, 115 as important, and three flagged as moderately severe. One of the vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-24521 Windows Common...more

Creation of the Cyber Safety Review Board

Burr & Forman on 4/14/2022

The United States Department of Homeland Security announced on February 3, 2022 the formation of a 15 person Cyber Safety Review Board, (the “CSRB”), which will be led by Robert Silvers, the Department of Homeland Security...more

FBI and DHS Warn of Russian Cyberattacks Against Critical Infrastructure

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 2/17/2022

U.S. officials this week warned government agencies, cybersecurity personnel, and operators of critical infrastructure that Russia might launch cyber-attacks against Ukrainian and U.S. networks at the same time it launches...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - November 2021 #2

Robinson & Cole LLP on 11/12/2021

CYBERSECURITY - November's "Patch Tuesday" Includes 55 Patches - Staying current with Microsoft’s monthly patches is challenging, yet critical for one’s cybersecurity program. This week, Microsoft’s November Patch...more

CISA Issues Binding Operational Directive on Patching Vulnerabilities

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 11/12/2021

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently issued a Binding Operational Directive requiring all federal agencies to apply patches to new and old vulnerabilities that are being exploited in the wild....more

Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Tips On Practicing Basic Cyber Hygiene

Woods Rogers on 10/1/2021

In our first article to kick off Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we will discuss some steps businesses can take to improve their cyber hygiene. Over the past few years, some of the largest and well-known companies have been...more

Operational Technology: New Target For Network Security Obligations

Womble Bond Dickinson on 9/23/2021

The past two decades have produced intense focus on information security to protect data. This priority remains important. But the change in administrations and the Continental Pipeline incident have redirected attention...more

Few Organizations are Actually Preparing for a Ransomware Attack

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 9/17/2021

Although executives of organizations report that ransomware is their number one security concern, and 87 percent of them expect an increase in cyber-attacks against their organizations over the next year, only one-third of...more

Privacy Peril: The Dog Ate My Password

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 3/22/2021

We have (rightly) harped on the necessity of unique and complex passwords, strengthened by multi-factor authentication (temporary text codes, rolling RSA numbers, secret answers to questions, fingerprint or facial...more

Privacy Perils: Password Quarantine Hygiene

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 2/22/2021

Some have used the pandemic, and now the extended inclement weather, to learn to play a musical instrument, speak a new language or another new skill. If those are beyond any of your reasonable expectations, do not simply...more

IT Security Trends in the Era of COVID: Our Top Five Tips for Making Your Network Safer in 2021

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 1/15/2021

As the COVID era drags on, it is clear that work life “post-COVID” may be very different from life “pre-COVID.” This is especially true as it relates to IT security. More and more employees have shifted to a telecommuting...more

China Publishes New Measure on Cybersecurity Review of Network Products and Services

Morgan Lewis on 5/14/2020

The new measure, which will come into effect on June 1, 2020, will potentially affect operators of critical information infrastructures as well as their domestic and overseas suppliers. Affected companies should now take...more

The Need for Enhanced Risk-Based Information Security Policies with a Remote Workforce

Williams Mullen on 4/2/2020

For some time, government agencies such as the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have recognized that a “one size fits all approach” is not practical from an information security standpoint. Instead,...more

Cybersecurity Challenges and Incident Response Preparedness During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 3/29/2020

The spread of the novel coronavirus has upended Americans’ lives in a matter of months. While life outside has ground to a standstill in many regions of the country, much of corporate America is meeting the unique challenges...more

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