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Unified Defense: Collaboration to Secure Critical Infrastructure

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Securing national critical infrastructure is similar to securing a network enterprise. Each sector of infrastructure, network component, or branch of government depends on the other. Understanding those interdependencies,...more

Guidepost Solutions LLC

Change Healthcare Ransomware Attack: 10 Lessons Learned

Why does it matter to you? In February of 2024, Change Healthcare, a prominent player in the healthcare industry, fell victim to a ransomware attack that sent shockwaves through its systems and networks. The incident...more

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EPA ‘Deletes’ Cybersecurity Safe Drinking Water Initiative

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In the 1970’s, a series of tests of community water systems across the country led to some disturbing findings; varied standards of water containment, transmission, and handling were resulting in substantial health risks to...more

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EPA Cybersecurity Rule Challenged by States and Water Systems Associations

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On July 25, Missouri, Arkansas, and Iowa (the states), along with intervenors American Water Works Association and National Rural Water Association (the water associations), petitioned the Eighth Circuit to review the U.S....more

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ESXiArgs Ransomware Campaign Facilitated by Exploiting VMware Vulnerability

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Cybersecurity research agencies around the world are warning organizations using VMware ESXi servers to patch an almost two (2) year old vulnerability to prevent being compromised by threat actors in the "ESXiArgs" ransomware...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Cyberattacks as Acts of War: Insurance Companies Forced to Rethink Their Policies

The rise of cyberattacks has led to a significant increase in the demand for cyber insurance policies. However, the insurance industry is struggling to keep pace with the ever-evolving threat landscape, which has resulted in...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights, Volume 6, Issue 12

● Offshore Oil and Gas at Risk of Potentially Catastrophic Cyberattack: GAO - “The industry includes about 1,600 offshore oil and gas facilities that are highly dependent on remotely connected operational technology, the...more

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CFIUS Compliance: Your Organization’s Growth and Investment Strategy May Be a Matter of National Security

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On Thanksgiving of 2014, I received an urgent call asking me to be in London in 24 hours. My assignment was to run the advanced forensics recovery team serving several foreign offices of Sony Pictures in the wake of a...more

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[Webcast Transcript] Data Mining in Incident Response: Managing Risk and Spend through an Effective Evidence-Based Approach

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Editor’s Note: On August 31, 2022, HaystackID shared an educational webcast on the topic of data mining in data breach incident response. As data mining has increasingly become one of the largest expenses during a cyber...more

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Cyber Insurance Premiums and Demand Surge After Boom of Costly Cyberattacks

The frequency and severity of cyber incidents, particularly ransomware attacks targeting businesses and critical infrastructure organizations, have been on the increase and are unlikely to subside anytime soon. Higher claim...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

What Critical Infrastructure Should Do: Mandatory Cybersecurity Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure is Coming and CISA...

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (“CISA”) released a “Sharing Cyber Event Information” Fact Sheet on April 7 that may preview its implementation of the new federal government cyber incident reporting...more

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The US Senate Infrastructure Bill: Securing Our Electrical Grid Through P3s and Grants

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As we begin to better understand the main components of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that the US Senate is working to pass this week, it is clear that public-private partnerships ("P3s") are a favored funding...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Second Security Directive Issued by TSA to Pipeline Operators

The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) issued its second Security Directive to the pipeline industry on July 20, 2021, following the Colonial Pipeline cybersecurity incident. ...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

DOJ Seizes Millions in Ransom Paid to Colonial Pipeline Hackers

On June 7, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it seized 63.7 of the 75 bitcoins paid by Colonial Pipeline to ransomware attackers last month. The recovered bitcoins were valued at $2.3 million at the time of...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

The Commercial Gap in Digital Security

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The recent spate of apparently eastern European cyberattacks on important U.S. commercial interests—from SolarWinds to Colonial Pipeline—should force all of us to step back and review how we organize our world. Many crucial...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

GAO Report Identifies Need for DOE to Address Risks to Electrical Distribution System

The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently completed and published a study on electricity grid cybersecurity that concluded that the Department of Energy (DOE) needs to ensure its plans fully address...more

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Six Information Security Tips to Mitigate the Risk of a SolarWinds-Like Breach

The impacts and implications of the recent SolarWinds breach are widespread and on-going. SolarWinds' network-monitoring and management software was used by customers worldwide—including the U.S. military, Fortune 500...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Further Fall-Out from Russian Hacking of SolarWinds

In the fall-out, the Department of Justice, which includes the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Agency and the U.S. Marshal’s Service, announced this week that 3 percent of its employees’ emails were compromised as a result of the...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

SolarWinds and Cyber Liability Insurance – What Businesses Need to Know

The SolarWinds cyber-attack is on everyone’s mind this week, given that most experts believe this cyber-attack will have broad impact across both the public and private sectors. ...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

FireEye Attacked by State-Sponsored Hacking Group

To file in the “no one is immune from a sophisticated attack,” category, well-known and respected security firm FireEye publicly announced this week that it has experienced an attack by a state-sponsored (which means a...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Responding to Cyber-Attacks in the Utility and Energy Sectors

To assist utilities with assessing and responding to cyber risks, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) recently issued a report on best practices to...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - November 2020 #4

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CYBERSECURITY - Responding to Cyber-Attacks in the Utility and Energy Sectors - To assist utilities with assessing and responding to cyber risks, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the North American...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

FBI Warns of Retaliatory Cyber-Attack from Iran

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning of a heightened likelihood of Iranian cyber-attacks following the escalation of tension between the U.S. and Iran. This follows the warning last week by the Department of...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Iranian Cyber-Attacks and the End of Support for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008

After the killing of Qassem Soleimani on January 3, 2020, by the U.S. government, the cybersecurity news industry has been abuzz about whether Iran will engage in cyber terrorism, and if so, to what degree, as part of its...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Fort Worth Water Customers’ Credit Card Information Compromised

Approximately 3,000 customers of the Fort Worth Water Department were notified recently that their credit card information may have been compromised as a result of a data breach suffered by its vendor, Click2Gov....more

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