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Citing “escalating global conflict,” the New York Department of Financial Services issued an alert on Monday, June 22, 2025, to its regulated covered entities, urging them to be vigilant against potential security threats,...more
The increased use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the banking, insurance, and financial services industries has led the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS or Department) to publish an Industry Letter on...more
On October 16, 2024, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) issued an industry letter entitled “Cybersecurity Risks Arising from Artificial Intelligence and Strategies to Combat Related Risks” in response to...more
On October 16, the New York State Department of Financial Services (NY DFS) issued an industry letter to entities regulated by NY DFS (covered entities) providing guidance addressing the cybersecurity risks associated with...more
As regulators worldwide continue to scrutinize the impact of AI on industries within their respective purviews, two key global agencies issued guidance in October 2024 that highlighted AI-based cybersecurity risks and best...more
BACKGROUND - On October 16, 2024, the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) issued an industry letter, Cybersecurity Risks Arising from Artificial Intelligence and Strategies to Combat Related Risks,...more
On October 16, 2024, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) issued guidance and strategies (“Guidance”) concerning cybersecurity risks that arise in response to the advancements in artificial intelligence...more
The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) issued new guidance (the Guidance) on October 16, 2024, to help state-regulated financial institutions mitigate the myriads of cybersecurity risks posed by artificial...more
On October 16, 2024, the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) issued an Industry Letter to regulated entities entitled “Cybersecurity Risks Arising from Artificial Intelligence and Strategies to Combat Related...more
On October 16, 2024, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) issued an industry letter covering Cybersecurity Risks Arising from Artificial Intelligence and Strategies to Combat Related Risks (the “Industry...more
Last month, as the New York State Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) began phasing in amended cybersecurity regulations and continued enforcement actions against noncompliant entities, a wave of ransomware attacks...more
A recent consent order between the New York State Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) and cryptocurrency trading platform, bitFlyer USA (“bitFlyer”), shows that the NYDFS continues to utilize an aggressive enforcement...more
Following the SolarWinds and the Colonial Pipeline cyberattacks, the Biden Administration emphasized a shift toward mandatory cybersecurity requirements. Throughout 2021, government agencies issued new cybersecurity guidance,...more
We have written here previously about the dramatic increase in cyberattacks on companies of all types since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Indeed, by some estimates, ransomware attacks have increased over 90% during the...more
The exponential rise in ransomware attacks in the past year has everyone on high alert, not least of which are regulators. Following on the heels of a June 2, 2021 White House memo addressing ransomware prevention, on June...more
The New York State Department of Financial Services recently announced new guidance addressing ransomware attacks, and highlighting cybersecurity measures to significantly reduce the risk of an attack. The guidance comes as...more
The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) issued new guidance this week intended to assist organizations in thwarting ransomware attacks. The guidance clarifies the NYDFS’ expectation that NYDFS-regulated...more
On April 15, 2021, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) issued a report on the recent SolarWinds cyberattack. A copy of the report is available... NYDFS called the attack a “wake-up call” to regulated...more
In what the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) is touting as the first guidance by a U.S. regulator on cyber insurance, NYDFS announced on February 4, 2021, in Insurance Circular Letter No. 2 (2021), that it...more
The massive SolarWinds security breach, which affected not only the private sector, but federal, state and local governments, has caused some to question whether to share data with the government. On Friday, December 18, the...more
In an Industry Letter, the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) is requesting assurance that New York State regulated institutions have preparedness plans in place to address operational risk, and it is...more
Department of Homeland Security Warns of Cyber-Attacks by Iran - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a grave warning to U.S. businesses and critical infrastructure operators on January 6, 2020, alerting the...more
In view of Iran’s vows to retaliate against the United States for the death of Quassem Soleimani, the NYDFS has issued an industry letter to all regulated entities regarding the need for heightened cybersecurity precautions....more
We reported last week that a spyware maker recently compromised users’ and victims’ sensitive information. Since that time, another spyware maker, mSpy, which holds itself out as having over a million users employing its...more
Cyber attacks continue to be a pervasive and destructive threat to all institutions and the legal and regulatory landscape currently in place to address those threats continues be reshaped in an effort to address those...more