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President Trump’s Cyber Mandate: Analysis of Executive Order on Strengthening U.S. Cybersecurity

Wiley Rein LLP on 6/16/2025

President Trump issued a cybersecurity Executive Order, “Sustaining Select Efforts to Strengthen the Nation’s Cybersecurity” (Trump EO), along with a corresponding Fact Sheet on June 6, 2025. The Trump EO clears some of the...more

Trade Matters - Lowenstein Sandler's Global Trade & National Security Newsletter - March 2024

Lowenstein Sandler LLP on 3/7/2024

On February 24, the two-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Biden administration issued hundreds of new Russia-related export controls and sanctions. The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the...more

CISA Releases Advisory Concerning Chinese-Backed Threat Actor

Alston & Bird on 10/10/2023

On September 27, 2023, The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Japanese National Police Agency (NPA), and...more

Solidifying Security Systems Standards

Troutman Pepper Locke on 2/4/2022

On January 20, President Biden signed a memorandum aimed at improving the cybersecurity of the National Security, Department of Defense, and Intelligence Community Systems (together, the “National Security Systems)....more

New Zero-Day Vulnerability for Log4j is the Next Cybersecurity Nightmare

McDermott Will & Schulte on 12/13/2021

On December 10, 2021, multiple media outlets, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Administration (CISA), and the director of cybersecurity at the National Security Agency (NSA) began alerting to a significant...more

Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services COVID-19 Newsletter-September 2020 #2

Troutman Pepper Locke on 9/22/2020

Like most industries today, Consumer Finance Services businesses are being significantly impacted by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Troutman Pepper has developed a dedicated COVID-19 Resource Center to guide clients...more

U.S. Government Issues Alert Regarding Critical Windows 10 Update – Are You Entitled To Compensation?

Stinson - Government Contracting Matters on 2/4/2020

Earlier this month, it was reported that the National Security Agency (NSA) discovered a serious security flaw in Microsoft Windows 10 cryptographic functionality, CVE-2020-0601.That security flaw could render trust...more

Compliance into the Weeds-Episode 41, Reality Winner and Internal Controls

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist on 6/8/2017

In this episode, Matt Kelly and I take a deep dive into the weeds around the story of Reality Winner, the leaking of the NSA report of Russian hacking of the US Presidential campaign and election. We tie it to internal...more

Compliance at the Tipping Point, Part V – Protection Afforded From a Compliance Program

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist on 10/16/2015

Today, I wrap up my series on why I think compliance is at the Tipping Point. However as it is a Friday in October, I continue my tribute to the Man in the Shadows, producer Val Lewton, whose films for RKO had some of the...more

Compliance at the Tipping Point, Part IV – The Schrems Decision

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist on 10/15/2015

I continue my exploration of why I believe that compliance is at the Tipping Point, with today’s entry of data point four, which is last week’s decision by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in the Schrems case. While most...more

Privacy, Security, Risk: What You Missed At IAPP Conference

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 10/15/2015

Earlier this month, privacy and security professionals from around the globe gathered for “Privacy. Security. Risk. 2015”—the second joint conference between the International Association of Privacy Professionals and the...more

What Now? What Next? FAQs and Answers Regarding the Safe Harbor Decision

BakerHostetler on 10/13/2015

As we discussed in our blog post last week, on October 6, 2015, the Court of Justice of the European Union issued a judgment that invalidated the EU-U.S. Safe Harbor Framework. For the past 15 years, thousands of companies...more

HorrorFest 2015 Celebration Part II – The Cat People, the Schrems Decision and FCPA Investigations

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist on 10/9/2015

It’s the second Friday in October and I am continuing my HorrorFest month. I usually call it Monster Movie Fest but this year I am celebrating the films of Val Lewton who really worked more broadly in the horror genre, rather...more

Navigating the Unsafe Harbor: Keep Calm and Carry On

Perkins Coie on 10/8/2015

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued its landmark decision in Maximillian Schrems v. Data Protection Commissioner on October 6, 2015, ultimately invalidating the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework. Under...more

EU and U.S. Reach “Umbrella Agreement” on Data Transfers

McGuireWoods LLP on 9/15/2015

The EU and U.S. reached an agreement on Tuesday (9 September) which will enable the two sides to exchange personal data during criminal and terrorism investigations....more

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