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[Webinar] Cybersecurity Collaboration: Informing and Empowering the Defense Industrial Base - September 10th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm...

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Join us for a timely and topical webinar hosted by Ice Miller, LLP, discussing cybersecurity collaboration and information sharing in the defense industrial base. The webinar also will feature a robust discussion of best...more

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[Flash Webinar] "Cyberwar and the ‘Iceberg Problem’ in Ukraine and Beyond. Can the USG Stop Cyberattacks Against the Private...

Russian intelligence agencies have hacked dozens of civilian organizations in the U.S. and other Ukraine-allied nations since February. While this activity has garnered a great deal of attention due to the conflict in...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Key Takeaways | Keeping the Lights On: Cyber Threat, Vulnerability and Oversight Considerations for the Energy Sector

During the latest webinar in our Energy Transition series, Partners Carl Fleming and Scott Ferber hosted PWC Principals Brad Bauch, US Power and Utilities Cybersecurity & Privacy Leader, and Mark Ray, Cybersecurity & Privacy,...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Ransomware, Geopolitical Tensions, and the Race to Regulate

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In the next podcast episode of Wiley’s 2022 Privacy & Cyber Series, Wiley partner Megan Brown and special counsel Lyn Brown, who recently joined Wiley from the FBI, discuss ransomware, geopolitical tensions, and the race to...more

Mayer Brown

The Cyber Executive Order: Key Takeaways for Businesses

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With high-profile cybersecurity incidents hitting the headlines, President Biden’s recent cybersecurity executive order seeks to strengthen security practices at federal agencies and government contractors. But what does the...more

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CISA Publishes Cybersecurity Incident Response and Vulnerability Response Playbooks with Intent of Increasing Expectations for the...

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What: On November 16, 2021, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released Federal Government Cybersecurity Incident and Vulnerability Playbooks as part of the Biden Administration’s efforts to improve...more

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DHS/CISA Mandates Fixing Security Vulnerabilities, Warning Companies to be Vigilant

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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a sweeping binding directive to federal agencies to patch hundreds of cybersecurity vulnerabilities that are considered major risks for cyber actors to cause...more

Lighthouse

Cybersecurity Defense: Recommendations for Companies Impacted by the Biden Administration Executive Order

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As summarized in the first installment of our two-part blog series, President Biden recently issued a sweeping Executive Order aimed at improving the nation’s cybersecurity defense. The Order is a reaction to increased...more

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Biden Executive Order Likely to Push Private Sector Forward on Cybersecurity

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On May 12, President Biden signed an Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity. The order comes on the heels of a number of recent widely reported cybersecurity crises, including the Solar Winds and Microsoft...more

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DHS and Cyber: What Should Companies Expect?

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Megan Brown sits down with one of Wiley’s newest attorneys, Sam Kaplan, former Assistant Secretary for Cyber, Infrastructure, Risk and Resilience Policy at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), to discuss the...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

CISA Releases COVID-19 Recovery Tabletop Exercise Package

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On July 17, 2020 the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released the COVID-19 Recovery CISA Tabletop Exercise Package (CTEP) “to assist private sector stakeholders and critical infrastructure owners and...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Revised Federal “Advisory” Guidance on “Essential” Critical Infrastructure and Workforce Issued, Which Could Affect the Scope of...

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Seyfarth Synopsis:  The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Agency (CISA), on behalf of the Federal government, has issued a revised advisory memorandum listing “essential” infrastructure and workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. ...more

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“Essential Critical Workforce” Guidance for the Real Estate Industry, Specifically for Commercial Landlords Amid the COVID-19...

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Seyfarth Synopsis: As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread and affect our lives and businesses across the U.S., we are continually following the latest updates and providing insight. ...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Security Assessments May be Part of DoD Government Contracts Acquisition Process

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Identifying threats and improving network and supply chain security has been an ongoing effort by Congress and the Department of Defense (DoD) for the past several years. Congress has included multiple provisions in the...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

New Cybersecurity Report Asks the Private Sector to Join Forces with the Government

The government is continuing to ask for more help from the private sector to defend against cyber attacks. The National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC) recently published a report discussing current cyber threats and...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Potential Risks and Rewards of Cybersecurity Information Sharing Under CISA

When President Obama signed into law the Cybersecurity Act of 2015, which was designed to facilitate information sharing on cybersecurity threats between the public and private sectors, proponents hailed it as “our best...more

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Collaboration Key to Combatting Cyber Threats: Federal Government Issues Final Guidance Clarifying Liability Protection for...

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On June 15, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) jointly issued final guidance on how the private sector and government will communicate cyber threat data and defensive measures under...more

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DHS Issues New Rules Governing Sharing of Cyberthreat Data

Last week, the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) released its Final Rules for private-sector information-sharing under the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (“CISA”). CISA permits private companies to share...more

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DHS and DOJ Release Updated Guidance for Sharing Cyber Threat Indicators and Defensive Measures

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On June 15, in response to feedback from non-federal entities on guidance released in February, the Departments of Homeland Security (DHS) and Justice (DOJ) issued updated guidance for companies about sharing cyber threat...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

“Interim” No More: DHS and DOJ Publish Final CISA Guidance on Cybersecurity Sharing

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have issued the long-awaited final procedures for both Federal and Non-Federal Entities under the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA)...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

CISA Guidelines (Part 3): Guidance to Assist Non-Federal Entities

As we wrote previously, the federal government released several guidance documents last month implementing The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA). Among these was the Guidance to Assist Non-Federal Entities to...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the...

The Cybersecurity Act of 2015: Implications for Threat Sharing

On December 18, 2015, President Obama signed the Cybersecurity Act of 2015 (The “Act”), legislation designed to combat online threats to the federal government, state and local governments, and private entities. Within the...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

President Obama Signs Cybersecurity Act of 2015 to Encourage Cybersecurity Information Sharing

On December 18, 2015, President Obama signed into law a $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill that contained the Cybersecurity Act of 2015 (the “Act”), a compromise bill based on competing cybersecurity information sharing...more

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Senate Passes Legislation To Ease Sharing Of Cybersecurity Threat Information

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On October 27, 2015, the Senate passed S. 754, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (“CISA”), which addresses how companies can share cyber threat information with the federal government. The legislation aims to...more

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