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Warning: Iranian Cyber Response Possible Against Private Industry

January 7, 2020 By James Harvey, Kimberly Peretti and Amy Mushahwar

After Friday’s announcement of the killing of Major General Qassem Soleimani, a leader of Iran’s Quds Force, several regulators have put industry on high alert of the increased potential for cyber-attack.  Iran has a known history of launching cyber-attacks against US industry, and regulators warn industry to prepare for a possible rise in cyber-attacks. The […]

Filed Under: Cyber Risk, Cybersecurity, International, National Security, Security Breach

DOJ to Host Cybersecurity Roundtable on Data Breaches

April 27, 2015 By Kimberly Peretti

On April 29, 2015, the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division will host a cybersecurity industry roundtable on data breaches. The event, which will include audience question and answer sessions, will focus on a range of recent industry developments. The event will feature a discussion of cybersecurity from the national security perspective by John P. Carlin, […]

Filed Under: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Enforcement, Events, Security Breach Tagged With: Department of Justice (DOJ), Regulatory Enforcement

Retail Breaches: Investigating Payment Card Breaches

January 29, 2014 By Kimberly Peretti

“Challenges in Conducting Breach Investigations: Part 2,” was published in April 2013 by Law360, however, given the recent spate of retail breaches involving payment cards, it is highly relevant to entities experiencing these types of incidents. The article describes some of the challenges to conducting breach investigations in response to increasingly sophisticated attacks. In particular, […]

Filed Under: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Security, Security Breach Tagged With: US State Law

NIST’s Preliminary Cybersecurity Framework Could Have Broad Implications for Critical, Non-Critical Infrastructure Alike

December 16, 2013 By Kimberly Peretti

On October 22, 2013, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released its Preliminary Cybersecurity Framework (“Framework”), marking one of the final steps in creating the “voluntary” Framework envisioned in an Obama Administration Executive Order (EO) issued earlier this year. That EO, which was designed to strengthen the cybersecurity of the United States’ critical […]

Filed Under: Advisories, Cyber Risk, Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Protection, Data Security, Enforcement, Privacy, Regulation, Security Breach Tagged With: Cybersecurity Executive Order, The White House

New European Data Breach Rules for Telcos and ISPs

September 11, 2013 By Kimberly Peretti

On August 25, 2013, a new European Regulation came into effect that changed and expanded upon the breach notification procedures set forth in the E-Privacy Directive (2002/58/EC). The Regulation outlines two independent notification obligations: (1) notification to the relevant national authority within 24 hours after detection of a personal breach where feasible; and (2) notification […]

Filed Under: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Data Breach, International, Legislation, Privacy, Security Breach

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