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Incident Response Plans New Guidance Cyber Attacks

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EPA Warns Water Utilities Against Cyber Attacks

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published a sector-wide set of non-regulatory recommendations to strengthen U.S. drinking water and wastewater systems against cyber attacks, alongside new funding for...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Ransomware Attacks Target SonicWall Firewall Vulnerability

Ransomware group Akira is believed to be behind a large number of attacks that appear to be tied to SonicWall firewalls with SSLVPN enabled. Over the past week, a large number of attacks by the ransomware group Akira have...more

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing

NIST Releases Updated Incident Response Guidance Under Its Cybersecurity Framework

During the Biden administration, there was a push to prioritize and modernize cybersecurity responses, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) agreed to work with the technology industry to develop a new...more

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To pay or not to pay: Another regulator weighs in on the decision to pay a ransom

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Ransomware victims face a nearly impossible decision: pay criminals holding their business hostage or refuse and face possible crippling consequences. This decision requires careful analysis of a number of considerations, and...more

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OCR Issues Checklist for Responding to Cyber-Attack

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently released guidance entitled “My Entity Just Experienced a Cyber-attack! What Do We Do Now?” The Checklist is a practical tool for health care entities and outlines several steps to...more

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