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McCarter & English, LLP

Don’t Get Caught in Scattered Spider’s Web

The cybercrime group known as Scattered Spider is at it again, according to Google’s Threat Intelligence Group. This criminal group is known to focus its cyber attacks on one sector at a time. Last spring, it was the retail...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Tips for Vacation Rental, Property Mgmt. Businesses Facing Vendor Cybersecurity Risk

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No organization can eliminate data breach risks altogether, regardless of industry, size, or even if the organization has taken significant steps to safeguard their systems and train employees to avoid phishing attacks....more

Baker Donelson

Best Practices for Protecting Operations from Vendor's Cyber Incidents

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In the aftermath of a vendor's hack that crippled an industry, ensure your business is up to date on best practices for mitigating the risks of third-party cyber incidents. Many businesses struggle to adequately consider the...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

AT&T Consent Decree Underscores Telecommunications Carriers’, Vendors’ Obligations to Protect Customer Data

On Sept. 17, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that it has reached a Consent Decree with AT&T Services Inc. to resolve an investigation into a data breach that occurred in January 2023. AT&T's vendor...more

King & Spalding

FTC Announces Final Rule Sweeping Consumer Digital Health Tech Under the Health Breach Notification Rule

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On April 26, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) approved its Final Rule revising the Health Breach Notification Rule (HBNR) (“Final Rule”) by a 3-2 vote. The HBNR requires vendors of personal health records (PHR) and related...more

Guidepost Solutions LLC

Defending Your Law Firm Against Cyber Threats

In an increasingly digitized world, law firms are prime targets for sophisticated cyber threats that can result in substantial financial losses and reputational damage. Recently, a prominent law firm, esteemed for its...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Decoded: Technology Law Insights - V 4, Issue 4, April 2023

Tech Vendors and Cybersecurity – Are They Responsible? It has long been recommended that when you contract with a technology vendor that you include an indemnity clause in the contract wherein the vendor will indemnify you...more

Burr & Forman

Cybersecurity Checklist for Vendor Management – Vendor Security

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By now, you have heard many news stories about debilitating cyberattacks that started with the compromise of a vendor's systems and ultimately wreaked havoc on that vendor's customers. As a result, many businesses are seeking...more

McDermott Will & Emery

[Webinar] Privacy and Cybersecurity Contracting: What’s the “Deal”? - June 29th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT

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Security Schedules, Privacy Addenda, TOMs, DPAs—whatever you call them, privacy and cybersecurity contract terms have exploded in prevalence in recent years, bringing with them new importance that can lead to difficult and...more

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[Webinar] Cybersecurity Basics for Legal Practitioners - April 19th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT

Join us for a webinar on basic cyber information regarding data protection, data privacy, cybersecurity requirements PII and Sensitive PII, cybersecurity requirements for Third Party vendors, Cyber insurance in the age of...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Mitigating a Company’s Liability When a Data Breach Is Suffered by a Vendor or Service Provider

Data breaches by large companies have been in the news for some time. Over the last several years several companies, including Marriott, Yahoo and Volkswagon, have been victimized by hackers who have broken into a company’s...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

Vendor Risk Roundup: 3 Huge Breaches (So Far!) This Year

Wherever you look, it feels like cyberattacks are becoming increasingly common. Criminal hackers are making the headlines every day, stealing the personal information of millions of people, ranging from birthdays to Social...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Contact Tracing Vendor Loses State Contract Over Data Breach

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced this week that the Commonwealth will not continue to do business with its contact tracing vendor following a security incident that potentially exposed the personal information of...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Tyler Technologies Victim of Cyber-Attack

As one of the largest information technology service providers to local governments, the cyber-attack on Tyler Technologies (Tyler) in Plano, Texas is a sobering reminder of how a cyber-attack on a third-party vendor can put...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Fall-Out from Blackbaud Ransomware Attack

As a follow-up to last week’s post on the importance of due diligence regarding high-risk vendors’ security practices, Blackbaud, a global company providing financial and fundraising technology to not-for-profit entities,...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Insights for Insurers

No Protection for Vendor's Forensic Report in Post-Breach Litigation? - Preserving Privilege and Work Product Protection in Light...

A May 26, 2020 order by U.S. Magistrate Judge John F. Anderson (E.D. Va.) that attorney work product protection did not preclude production of a forensic vendor's data breach investigation report to plaintiffs in the Capital...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Cybersecurity: the SEC Provides Guidance on Well-Known and Emerging Best Practices

At the end of January, the U.S. Securities and Exchange’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) released its “Observations on Cybersecurity and Resiliency Practices” (Observations)....more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Life With GDPR: Episode 34- Role of Vendors in Data Breaches

In this episode of Life with GDPR, Jonathan Armstrong and Tom Fox are back to discuss the role of vendors in data breaches and the corporate response thereto. Some of the highlights in this episode include: How much due...more

The Volkov Law Group

Lessons Learned from the Capital One Data Breach (Part I of III)

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Not to say, I told you so, but around the same time that the Capital One data breach occurred, I was reminding clients that nearly half of  all significant data breaches or cyber-incidents occur because of internal actors. ...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Oregon Amends Data Breach Notification Law to Apply to Vendors

On May 24, 2019, Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed into law Senate Bill 684, which requires vendors, service providers and other entities that maintain or possess consumers’ personal information to notify consumers of a...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - May 2019 #2

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Hotel chain Fillmore Hospitality, LLC is the latest target of a proposed class action complaint filed this week, alleging violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). We don’t usually discuss the...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

SEC Warns Registered Firms about Client Privacy and Data Security

• The SEC released a Risk Alert summarizing key areas in which it continues to see compliance deficiencies related to Regulation S-P, the primary SEC rule regarding privacy notices and safeguard policies of investment...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

SEC To Focus on Cybersecurity in 2019

For the fourth year running, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office continues to list cybersecurity as one of the top enforcement priorities for 2019. As it relates to cybersecurity, the SEC will be focusing on...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Should Companies Terminate Third Party Vendors That Cause A Data Breach?

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According to reports, bank customers in Australia (yes, data breach notification requirements exist down under) have been affected by “an industry-wide” data breach experienced by a third-party service provider to the banks –...more

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

Privacy and Data Security Strategies for Start-Up Companies

Start-up companies know that, when potential investors kick the tires, they will look carefully at the company’s business model and IP portfolio. These days, investors are also likely to look at whether the company is in...more

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