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DORA Compliance Part 1: Proactively Meeting DORA Supply Chain Resilience Obligations

Integreon on 3/31/2025

Introduction to DORA and its Implications - As of Jan.17, 2025, the European Union’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) became enforceable. This new regulatory framework significantly impacts financial institutions and...more

Data Breaches up 72% From Record High: Cyber Incident Readiness Must be Top of Mind

Epiq on 3/13/2024

“Protect your data! Breaches are on the rise!” These warnings seem to be everywhere – and rightfully so. Threat actors are sophisticated and new breach trends are constantly materializing. Awareness is no longer enough. It...more

NYDFS Finalizes Amendments to Cybersecurity Regulations

WilmerHale on 11/29/2023

On November 1, 2023, New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS or the “Department”) released the finalized revisions (the “Second Amendment”) to 23 NYCRR Part 500 (Part 500) – the most significant modifications to Part...more

[Webinar] Expert Perspectives: Implementing DORA, Mastering the Challenges and Opportunities - May 17th, 9:00 am ET

Mitratech Holdings, Inc on 5/2/2023

DORA is set to transform how European based Financial Institutions enhance the operational resilience of their critical business processes. With an implementation date of 17th January 2025 the evolving nature of the...more

OSFI Cybersecurity Guidance and Notification Requirements

Bennett Jones LLP on 8/31/2021

OSFI, the Canadian Federal Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, on August 13, 2021, issued new guidance on Technology and Cyber Security Incident Reporting, replacing prior guidance of March 2019....more

FDIC Seeks Comment on Supervisory Approach to Examinations During Pandemic

Goodwin on 8/20/2021

In This Issue. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is seeking information and comment regarding the FDIC’s supervisory approach to examinations during the pandemic; the FDIC’s tech lab, FIDTECH, announced a “tech...more

NYDFS Announces Cybersecurity Settlement, Addresses Multi-Factor Authentication Rules

Alston & Bird on 4/19/2021

On April 14, 2021, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) announced a settlement with National Securities Corporation (“National Securities”), a licensed insurer, in connection with claims under the NYDFS...more

Financial Services Employers Face Significant Increase In Cybersecurity Threats

Fisher Phillips on 12/11/2020

Employers in the financial services sector are facing an unprecedented number of cybersecurity attacks during the pandemic crisis. To put this in perspective, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has issued...more

[Webinar] COVID 19 Ransomware in Private Equity - Threats and Mitigation - July 1st, 4:00 pm BST

McDermott Will & Schulte on 6/29/2020

McDermott Will & Emery, in partnership with Alvarez & Marsal is hosting a tailored webinar, discussing the cyber security threats and mitigations facing private equity firms in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the...more

New York Department of Financial Services Announces Creation of Cybersecurity Division

Jones Day on 6/5/2019

New York is the first state to establish a department within a financial regulatory agency that is tasked with protecting consumers and financial markets against cyber threats. On May 22, 2019, the New York Department of...more

New York Launches Cybersecurity Unit

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 5/23/2019

Today, New York’s top financial regulator, the Department of Financial Services, announced the formation of a dedicated “Cybersecurity Division.” In a news release issued earlier today, the agency said the new division “will...more

Financial Services: UK Regulators Shine a Spotlight on Cybersecurity and Technology Resilience

King & Spalding on 4/4/2019

In a paper published last month,[i] the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) set out various cybersecurity insights gleaned from the work of cyber coordination groups (“CCGs”) the regulator established in 2017. The...more

Cybersecurity: Don’t Become a Different Kind of Victim

Winstead PC on 1/16/2019

A former broker at a national brokerage firm was recently sanctioned by FINRA after accepting instructions to transfer assets out of a client account. The problem? The instructions were actually sent by an imposter who had...more

Experian® Predicts Cyber Threats in 2019

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 12/20/2018

Experian’s Data Breach Resolution group has released its Data Breach Industry Forecast 2019 Report, which provides predictions for data breaches in 2019, and outlines staggering statistics of data breaches that occurred in...more

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