Financial Institutions, Data Security, NIST

Warning! ChatGPT Exploit Used by Threat Actors in Cyber Attacks

Quarles & Brady LLP on 3/24/2025

Members of the health care and financial industries, along with other industries that hold sensitive data, are warned that a ChatGPT vulnerability is being actively exploited by threat actors to attack security flaws in AI...more

Financial Services Report - Spring 2017

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 3/20/2017

EDITOR’S NOTE - In like a lion, out like a lamb—it works for weather; does it work for new administrations? We’ll have to wait and see. We’ll have to wait and see about the length of CFPB Director Richard Cordray’s...more

The Digital Download - Alston & Bird’s Privacy & Data Security Newsletter – November 2016

Alston & Bird on 12/7/2016

Updates on the EU: German DPA Publishes First Privacy Shield Guidelines, Requires German-Law Contracts for Transfers. On June 7, 2016, the European Commission adopted the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield. One question that many...more

FFIEC Provides Concrete Guidance on Setting Up Information Security Programs

Ballard Spahr LLP on 9/14/2016

The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC)—the interagency body tasked with setting uniform principals and standards for the examination of financial institutions by federal prudential regulators,...more

Recent Government Cyber Alert and Draft Guide for Financial Institutions: Lessons for All Organizations

Baker Donelson on 11/5/2015

All organizations, including financial institutions, continue to face significant security threats across their wide ranging IT systems. Such organizations are particularly vulnerable if they cannot track networked devices...more

NIST seeks comments on Guide to Help Financial Sector Manage IT Assets

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 10/30/2015

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence is seeking comments on a draft practice guide, entitled “IT Asset Management (Special Publication 1800-5a)” which is “designed to help the financial services industry monitor...more

FFIEC Weighs in on Cybersecurity in Light of Unprecedented Risk of Cyber Threats

Carlton Fields on 10/7/2015

As financial institutions of all sizes continue to face unprecedented cybersecurity risk, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) released its Cybersecurity Assessment Tool. The Assessment is...more

Data Breach Response Planning: Laying the Right Foundation

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 9/17/2015

Part of Bradley Arant’s Privacy and Information Security Team’s seven-part Data Breach Toolkit Webinar Series, the “Data Breach Response Planning: Laying the Right Foundation” webinar, led by Paige Boshell and Amy Leopard,...more

National Futures Association Proposes Cybersecurity Guidance for NFA Member Firms

Morgan Lewis on 9/8/2015

NFA links NFA’s supervisory requirements with its proposed requirements mandating that NFA Members have information systems security programs. The National Futures Association (NFA) has proposed cybersecurity...more

FTC Can Regulate Cybersecurity Practices, Third Circuit Rules

Ballard Spahr LLP on 9/1/2015

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) can regulate cybersecurity policies and procedures as “unfair” acts or practices under Section 5 of the FTC Act, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled in a very important...more

New Guidance for Financial Institution Directors and Officers In Cybersecurity Preparedness

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 8/26/2015

Earlier this summer, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) released its highly anticipated Cybersecurity Assessment Tool (Assessment), which is designed to assist financial institutions in identifying...more

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