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On June 20, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed SB 2610 into law, joining a growing number of states that aim to incentivize sound cybersecurity practices through legislative safe harbors. Modeled on laws in states like...more
Cybersecurity is no longer a luxury; it’s a necessity. For start-ups and established businesses alike, protecting sensitive information and maintaining customer trust relies heavily on strong cybersecurity measures. With...more
In today's digital landscape, where data and technology are integral to business, companies of all sizes are prime targets for cyberattacks. As privacy and data security attorneys, we see the severe impact of inadequate...more
Originally published in American Business Magazine - May 2024. Many small- and mid-sized business owners believe that they are not prime targets for a cyber breach and that threat actors only go after large companies. This...more
Substantive cybersecurity amendments to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) are underway, significantly altering the duties and obligations of federal government contractors both prior to award and during contract...more
In October 2023, the federal government released a Proposed Rule aimed at incorporating new cybersecurity reporting requirements into the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). In this second installment of PilieroMazza’s...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is currently considering a rulemaking to address various consumer reporting topics under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and has released an Outline of Proposals and...more
With almost daily news of top firms impacted by data breaches or ransomware attacks, there is no doubt that effective cybersecurity and data privacy are essential to any business. And small businesses are not immune....more
Friday afternoon, reports surfaced that a foreign nation had compromised newly-discovered flaws in the Microsoft Exchange Server email software and breached the cybersecurity efforts of more than 60,000 known victims. ...more
Increased cellular speed through mobile devices offer increased opportunity for fraudsters to circumvent corporate IT controls by using shadow IT platforms to infiltrate proprietary and confidential data at scale, wreak havoc...more
The Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act (known as the SHIELD Act), signed into law by Governor Cuomo last year, comes into full effect on March 21, 2020. The Act’s expansive reach requires businesses in New...more
In line with recent actions taken across the government to enhance the resilience of the nation’s cybersecurity apparatus, the Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently released a set of best practices for...more
A recent study surveying small and mid sized businesses (SMBs) found that 67% had experienced a cyber attack in 2018, and yet that same study found that cybersecurity is still “not on the to do list” for SMBs – 60% of the...more
The Federal Trade Commission recently issued a cyber guide that, while intended for small businesses, can be of help for all businesses. The purpose of the guide, which includes various modules, is to help smaller businesses...more
Nearly 30 years ago the Fair Isaac Corporation (“FICO”) first introduced its metric for measuring creditworthiness. Since then, the FICO Score has become a default metric used by countless market participants to facilitate...more
The risk data breaches and cyberattacks pose to small businesses cannot be overstated. Roughly half experienced a breach within the past year at an average cost of $665,000 and immeasurable lost revenue. Worse yet,...more
The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland recently issued a special report on the results of online focus groups it conducted with the Federal Reserve Board “to better understand small businesses’ perceptions of online...more
The news is full these days of hackers stealing credit card and other customer information from United States retailers such as Home Depot, Target, and Neiman Marcus (and the federal government) among others. These...more