The Privacy Insider Podcast Episode 11: Signal and Noise: The New Administration, Privacy, and Our Digital Rights with Cindy Cohn of Electronic Frontier Foundation
Digital Planning Podcast - Interview With Leeza Garber
Compliance into the Weeds-Episode 39, Disclosure of Ransomware Attacks
Your Cyber Minute: Compliance with the Proposed NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation
Safeguards against Data Security Breaches (Part One)
Encryption is one of several cornerstones of a robust information security program. Articles on quantum computing often include the compelling narrative that encryption is at risk, but as with any revolutionary technology,...more
International travel may pose serious data security risks – especially for your foreign national workers carrying sensitive, proprietary, or regulated information. Travelers must be aware of potential border inspections,...more
“Through December 20, 2024, 575 security incidents involving unsecured protected health information affecting 500 or more individuals had been reported to Health and Human Services. Through the same date in 2023, 265...more
While the balance of security, privacy, and public safety has always been a concern, recent cyberattacks have highlighted conflicting guidance by United States government officials, creating potential pitfalls for businesses....more
On December 27, 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) related to the Security Rule under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). ...more
New York’s Cybersecurity Regulation continues its phased roll-out on November 1, when licensed financial services companies face a host of new requirements aimed at bolstering breach readiness and improving their ability to...more
In this week’s edition of Consumer Protection Dispatch, we look at the latest regulatory developments from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and the Securities and Exchange Commission...more
If you have a tendency to reuse the same password across multiple accounts, you could be leaving yourself (and your organization) exposed to risk. Credential stuffing, the stealthy technique fueling a recent explosion of...more
On February 1, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or “the Commission”) announced that it had reached a settlement with Blackbaud, a software company, resolving claims related to a 2020 data breach that resulted in the...more
2023 was the most devastating year yet for ransomware attacks, with businesses forking over $1 billion in ransom payments for the first time ever – and 2024 is expected to be even worse. Beyond the payments, the average cost...more
Organizations attacked with ransomware have a bevy of decisions to make, very quickly! One of those decisions is whether to pay the ransom. Earlier this year, I had the honor of contributing to a two-part series, entitled...more
On March 9, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced Proposed Rules on cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance, and incident disclosure (“Proposed Rules”) to address concerns of increasing...more
Ransomware attacks are on the rise. Cyber criminals continue to exploit lax security measures, which have become more acute in the work-from-home environment, and hack into companies’ systems, encrypt their data, and then...more
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
Most observers believe that the legal profession is rapidly moving toward so-called “hybrid workplaces,” a term office managers use to describe a mixed-work environment that spans brick-and-mortar law offices, home offices,...more
Once again, we see that inaccurate information in a privacy policy can land an organization in hot water. On June 7, 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a proposed settlement with MoviePass pertaining to its...more
The Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack was the largest in the energy sector to date, and with cybercrimes up 100% from 2019 to 2020 this is only the beginning for 2021. Many organizations are taking on a digital...more
As more organizations find themselves under scrutiny for the way they collect and use consumer data, maintaining CCPA compliance has never been more important. CCPA has been introduced to give control back to consumers,...more
The Digital Planning Podcast is designed to educate individuals about all things digital in connection with estate planning, business planning, and estate administration. Your hosts, attorneys Jennifer Zegel, Ross Bruch, and...more
The current COVID-19 pandemic has forced many businesses online in order to survive. In many cases, businesses had no plans to be online. Others were forced to move online more quickly than planned. In order to assist these...more
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused many employers now operating remotely to conduct meetings via video conference – which has created a whole new set of various privacy and cybersecurity concerns. While these remote work tools...more
October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCAM). NCAM serves as a timely reminder to continue to assess and improve organizational cybersecurity. In honor of NCAM, here are five fundamental steps that every...more
James Grago has a nice business going. He runs a website called ClixSense.com that permits users to earn money by completing surveys and watching advertisements. Revenues grew from $6.7 million in 2015 to $9.1 million in...more
Alright. So, you’ve battened down the hatches of your company’s premises, to protect your employees and your information. Employees are required to create secret computer passwords they’re not to share with anyone, even...more
In a set of recent settlements, the Federal Trade Commission (the FTC or Commission) resolved charges against two companies, ClixSense and D-Link, for failing to provide reasonable security and to live up to their data...more