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The 2025 Artificial Intelligence Action Summit: The U.S. Stands (Almost) Alone

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP on 2/17/2025

At the recent Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris, France, on February 10-11, 2025, U.S. Vice President JD Vance emphasized America’s commitment to AI leadership and to avoiding excessive regulation of AI. The...more

NIS2: What It Means for Businesses in APAC

Ankura on 1/21/2025

NIS2 (Network and Information Systems Directive 2) is the updated version of the NIS Directive, which the EU first introduced in 2016. The original NIS Directive aimed to enhance cybersecurity across member states by...more

Top Privacy and Cybersecurity Issues to Track In 2024

Baker Donelson on 1/29/2024

In recognition of International Privacy Day on January 28, we wanted to share some insights on the top privacy and cybersecurity issues for the new year. Data privacy and cybersecurity will continue to be one of the most...more

Why Privacy And Trade Secret Law Are On A Collision Course

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C. on 8/8/2023

Can privacy law and trade secret law coexist, or is compliance with both impossible? We are experiencing the fourth industrial revolution, driven by the rise in data and connectivity, analytics and artificial intelligence....more

Security by design: incoming UK and EU legislation to tackle cybersecurity risks in IoT devices

Hogan Lovells on 3/29/2023

In December 2022, the UK Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act (“PSTI Act”) became law. Along with setting out requirements for the deployment and expansion of mobile, full fibre and gigabit capable...more

Trends and Moments that Defined 2022 & Predictions for 2023

Ankura on 2/13/2023

While there have been major developments in areas such as data security, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence over the past year, threat actors are becoming increasingly aggressive, sophisticated, and in some cases,...more

Do Business With the Federal Government? Here’s a 2022 Cybersecurity Recap: Part Three - Secure Software Development Attestation...

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 1/24/2023

Yesterday we continued our series... with the Office of Management and Budget’s September 2022 memorandum requiring federal agencies to only use software from software producers that attest compliance with secure software...more

[Webinar] How to Manage Cybersecurity Maturity in Your Supply Chain - October 5th, 10:00 am EST

Mitratech Holdings, Inc on 9/20/2022

Join Mitratech & Escrypt in this electrifying new webinar on strengthening cybersecurity maturity. As local and global automotive cybersecurity regulations, standards, and guidelines increase in complexity, organizations are...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - May 2022 #2

Robinson & Cole LLP on 5/13/2022

CYBERSECURITY NIST - Releases Guidance on Supply Chain Security - The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Information Technology Laboratory recently released guidance entitled “Software Supply Chain...more

‘Shields Up’ on Cybersecurity in Wake of Ukraine Conflict

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC on 3/3/2022

Fears of cybersecurity attacks are mounting in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. From the war itself, a number of malware variants have been created and are circulating on the internet....more

[Webinar] Privacy, Data and Cyber Security: The Current Legal Landscape - November 11th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST

Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti,... on 10/15/2021

Companies and consumers alike are under perpetual assault from bad actors as IoT, work from home, and cloud migration – all intended to improve productivity – have expanded the cyber attack surface. The continually evolving...more

Biden-Harris Administration Prioritizing Cybersecurity

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing on 9/20/2021

It has become increasingly clear that improving cybersecurity will be a main focus, and important goal, of the Biden-Harris administration. In May 2021, President Joseph Biden issued an executive order modernizing federal...more

Cybersecurity Defense: Recommendations for Companies Impacted by the Biden Administration Executive Order

Lighthouse on 7/19/2021

As summarized in the first installment of our two-part blog series, President Biden recently issued a sweeping Executive Order aimed at improving the nation’s cybersecurity defense. The Order is a reaction to increased...more

Cybersecurity Defense: Biden Administration Executive Order a Great Start Towards a More Robust National Framework

Lighthouse on 7/16/2021

On May 12, President Biden issued a landmark Executive Order (“the Order”) aimed at improving the country’s cybersecurity threat defense. This Order is an attempt to create a “whole of government” response to increasingly...more

Blockchain Comes Under Data Privacy Scrutiny

ArentFox Schiff on 3/31/2021

Blockchain, or distributed ledger technology, is the underlying technology on which cryptocurrencies are built. Blockchain Explained - Blockchain is an immutable and decentralized digital ledger, which records transactions...more

4 Things to Know About Updated NIST 800-53 Standards

NAVEX on 3/31/2021

[author: Matt Kelly] In September 2020 the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) unveiled the fifth version of its cybersecurity standard formally known as SP 800-53, “Security and Privacy Controls for...more

Data privacy concerns in the age of the coronavirus

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics... on 4/17/2020

Report on Supply Chain Compliance 3, no. 7 (April 2020) - Last issue, we discussed the Italian Data Protection Authority (DPA) guidance regarding the health data of employees. The DPA stated the responsibility for handling...more

Irish Data Protection Commission conducts dawn raid to learn more about Facebook’s pending dating service

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics... on 3/12/2020

Report on Supply Chain Compliance 3, no. 5 (March 5, 2020) - On Feb. 3, Facebook Inc. informed the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) that it would be rolling out a new dating service Feb. 14. The DPC was concerned about...more

Compliance Perspectives: Supply Chain Compliance Challenges

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics... on 2/6/2020

Supply chains are emerging as an increasingly complex risk area for compliance. The risk includes trade compliance, vendor management issues associated with cyber/privacy, product compliance, REACH, ROHS and California...more

FARs, Flow Downs and Supply Chain Compliance

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist on 5/17/2019

I recently had the chance to visit with Travis Miller, General Counsel (GC), and I discuss how the regulatory requirements of the Federal Acquisitions Regulations (FARs) impact access to markets and supply chain compliance....more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - May 2019 #2

Robinson & Cole LLP on 5/13/2019

Hotel chain Fillmore Hospitality, LLC is the latest target of a proposed class action complaint filed this week, alleging violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). We don’t usually discuss the...more

Blockchain in the Supply Chain: Stake Your IP Claims Now!

Holland & Knight LLP on 4/15/2019

Many companies are exploring the use of blockchain in their supply chain to make sure they are well positioned from a business perspective when blockchain use becomes ubiquitous. But another important consideration in...more

Jones Day Presents: Considerations in Implementing Blockchain Technology

Jones Day on 2/12/2019

Partner Harriet Territt discusses the issues clients face in implementing blockchain technology, including legal, regulatory, and data privacy considerations across the globe. She also addresses the risk of unintended...more

DOD and Other Agencies Seek to Enhance Contractors’ Cyber and Supply Chain Security

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 12/20/2018

The Department of Defense (DOD) and its component services and agencies are taking several independent steps to assess and enhance their cyber and supply chain security that will directly or indirectly affect DOD contractors...more

White House's New National Cyber Strategy: Dramatic Changes for Government Contractors

Holland & Knight LLP on 9/27/2018

• President Donald Trump recently unveiled a new National Cyber Strategy (Strategy) that centers on four pillars of priority. • The Strategy includes two main areas of impact to government contractors – "Strengthen Federal...more

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