On November 19, Kim Peretti, co-chair of the firm’s Security Incident Management & Response team, will participate as a featured speaker in the New York County District Attorney’s Office 2013 Fall Symposium, “Financial Crimes and Cybersecurity.” She will speak at the session “Cyber Developments in the Financial Industry.”
NIST Releases Preliminary Cybersecurity Framework
October 22, 2013, the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) posted a preliminary cybersecurity framework (the “Framework”) on its website. The complete Framework had been expected to be unveiled earlier in October, but was delayed as a result of the federal government shutdown. For background on earlier activity with respect to the Framework, please see the […]
Kim Peretti Interviewed by BankInfoSecurity about Her Discussion at the 2013 Fraud Summit
On October 22, Alston & Bird’s Kim Peretti, Security Incident Management & Response Team co-chair, spoke at the 2013 Fraud Summit in a session titled “Post-Fraud Investigation: Effective, Efficient, Defensible.” Her presentation focused on how organizations must ensure they are prepared to respond effectively, efficiently and defensibly when they detect fraudulent activity. Following the conference, […]
Prior Express Written Consent Now Required for Sending Marketing Messages via Robocall or Text Message; Questions Remain Regarding Pre-Existing Databases and Purely Informational Messages
Companies that have amassed databases of consumers’ landline and mobile numbers for telemarketing purposes are left in a quandary as to whether they must obtain additional consent from consumers to comply with the new Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) rule. As of Wednesday October 16, 2013 companies that use prerecorded calls, autodialers or text messages […]
A+B Privacy Litigation Partner Dominique Shelton Quoted by BNA Bloomberg “Privacy Law Watch”
Several comments made by Dominique Shelton, a partner in the firm’s Litigation & Trial Practice Group, as part of the International Association of Privacy Professionals Privacy Academy in Bellevue, Washington, were included in a BNA Bloomberg Privacy Law Watch article discussing the conference panelists’ discussion on achieving mobile privacy compliance goals. As moderator, Shelton noted that […]