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About Jon Knight

Jon Knight is a senior associate with Alston & Bird’s Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team in the Washington, D.C. office. He focuses his practice on cybersecurity and privacy compliance and enforcement, as well as emerging technology issues.

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US, UK, and Australia Issue Joint Cybersecurity Advisory on Ransomware Threat to Critical Infrastructure

February 18, 2022 By Kim Peretti, Jon Knight and Kristen Bartolotta

On February 9, 2022 the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia issued a joint Cybersecurity Advisory on the “Increased Globalized Threat of Ransomware” against critical infrastructure sectors (“Advisory”).  The Advisory lists trends in cyber-criminal activity from the last year and also provides mitigation strategies and recommendations to reduce the risk of compromise and the impact […]

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FTC Releases Warning to Companies that Fail to Mitigate Log4j Vulnerability

January 5, 2022 By Jon Knight and Alysa Austin

Less than a month ago, a critical vulnerability was identified in the ubiquitous, open source Log4j tool prompting swift guidance from Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and other security practitioners.  Now, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has warned companies that it “intends to use its full legal authority” against any company that fails to […]

Filed Under: Cyber Risk, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Enforcement, FTC Tagged With: cybersecurity, Log4j, vulnerability

CISA Issues Statement on Log4j Critical Vulnerability

December 13, 2021 By Kim Peretti and Jon Knight

Log4j is a java-based tool from Apache’s open source library used for parsing logs that never seems to have made headlines before this past weekend.  Now, following the December 9th public announcement of a vulnerability in this tool, public and private sector security partners are issuing warnings about this “critical vulnerability.”  While the full scope […]

Filed Under: Cyber Risk, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Security Breach Tagged With: CISA, cybersecurity, Log4j, vulnerability

Department of Defense Suspends the CMMC Pilot Program And CMMC Requirements In DoD Solicitations Pending Major Changes For CMMC 2.0.

November 5, 2021 By Amy Mushahwar and Jon Knight

The Department of Defense (“DoD”) recently announced it will be revamping the nascent Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (“CMMC”) program pending two separate rulemaking processes.  As detailed below, the DoD will be updating “the program structure and the requirements to streamline and improve implementation of the CMMC program.”  We will be monitoring the rulemaking process for […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Regulation Tagged With: CMMC, Cybersecurity certifications, Department of Defense, government contractors

Department of Justice Announces New Civil Fraud Cybersecurity Enforcement Team

October 7, 2021 By Kellen Dwyer, Kim Peretti and Jon Knight

On October 6, 2021, Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco announced the launch of the Department of Justice’s Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative.  The Department plans to use civil enforcement tools to “pursue…those who are government contractors who receive federal funds, when they fail to follow required cybersecurity standards.”  Stating the Department will pursue “very hefty fines,” […]

Filed Under: Cyber Risk, Cybersecurity, Data Security, Enforcement Tagged With: cybersecurity, Department of Justice (DOJ), False Claims Act, government contractors, Qui Tam

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