Alston & Bird has developed a checklist tool to assist Covered Entities, Business Associates, and Subcontractor Business Associates to plan their implementation of the January 25, 2013 Omnibus HIPAA Rule. The Omnibus HIPAA Rule significantly amended the HIPAA/HITECH Act Privacy, Security, Breach Notification, and Enforcement Rules, as summarized in an Alston & Bird HIPAA Advisory issued on […]
Alston & Bird Health Care Advisory: HIPAA/HITECH Act Omnibus Final Rule
Last week, we blogged about the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services putting on display at the Office of Federal Register the long-awaited “Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notification Rules under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act; Other Modifications to the […]
Alston & Bird and KPMG Seminar: Cyber Security and Breach Response: What Board Members and Executive Leadership Need to Know
On January 23, Alston & Bird and KPMG co-hosted a seminar entitled, “Cyber Security and Breach Response: What Board Members and Executive Leadership Need to Know” on the topic of cyber risks and how public company boards can best prepare themselves for a security breach situation and respond optimally, should one occur. This program provided […]
Cyber Alert: Legal Issues with Emerging Active Defense Security Technologies
There is an adage that “the best defense is a good offense.” Many companies are taking this to heart as they are becoming increasingly frustrated with the limitations of today’s commonly deployed passive countermeasures and other defensive technologies. Emerging offensive technologies, generally called “active defense technologies” offer considerable promise in being able to identify and […]
U.S. Secret Service and Texas Bankers Electronic Crimes Task Force Release Best Practices for Reducing the Risks of Corporate Account Takeovers
First identified in 2006, the financial services sector has been battling a form of cybercrime known as “corporate account takeovers,” in which cyber criminals target employees of businesses and cause the targeted individual to spread malicious software (or “malware”) which in turn steals their online banking credentials. Armed with these credentials, the criminal is able […]