Financial Institutions, Homeland Security Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

OCC Notifies Congress of Major Email System Security Breach

Troutman Pepper Locke on 4/11/2025

On April 8, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) officially notified Congress of a significant information security incident involving its email system. This notification, mandated by the Federal Information...more

RegFi Episode 31: The Road Ahead for Financial Services Data Privacy Regulation

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 5/9/2024

Orrick Partner Beth McGinn joins RegFi co-hosts Jerry Buckley and Sasha Leonhardt for our second episode focused on the proposed American Privacy Rights Act and its potential impact on the financial services industry. Beth...more

Ankura CTIX FLASH Update - December 2023

Ankura on 12/14/2023

Malicious Android Apps Used to Target Iranian Banks - An ongoing Android malware campaign targeting users of Iranian financial institutions has expanded to include new abilities to target an even greater number of people...more

FINRA Urges Firms to Heed CISA/FBI “Shields Up” Warning on Russia

Burr & Forman on 2/17/2022

The regular “Weekly Update” email from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) had an eye-catching warning February 16, urging broker-dealer member firms to heed the “Shields Up” cyber threat warning from the...more

SEC alerts public companies of increase in sophisticated ransomware attacks

BCLP on 7/17/2020

The SEC’s Office of Compliance and Examinations (OCIE) issued a risk alert on July 10 about its observation of an apparent increase in sophistication of ransomware attacks on SEC registrants, including broker-dealers,...more

Amid "Stay Home. Work Safe" Orders, Community Banks Remain Open for Business Under Designation as "Critical Infrastructure Sector"

Bracewell LLP on 3/25/2020

On March 24, 2020, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, in coordination with Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, issued a mandatory “Stay Home. Work Safe.” order, effective at 11:59 pm March 24, to preserve public health and safety...more