On January 14, 2025, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released the AI Cybersecurity Collaboration Playbook (the “Playbook”) to provide guidance to organizations within the AI community (including AI providers, developers, and adopters) to voluntarily share AI-related cybersecurity information with CISA and its partners through the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC). To combat AI-related […]
Board Governance & Cyber Risk Management
Last Minute Biden Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence Executive Orders Survive Initial Trump Revocations
In the final week of the Biden Administration’s term in office, former President Biden issued two high profile executive orders that could have significant ramifications for the cybersecurity and technology industries. The first, issued on January 14, 2025, is an “Executive Order on Advancing United States Leadership in Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure” (the “AI Infrastructure Order”). […]
FTC Finalizes COPPA Rule Amendments
On January 16, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted 5-0 to approve the finalized amendments to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA Rule) that would offer additional privacy safeguards for children under the age of thirteen. The amened COPPA Rule will require operators to obtain separate verifiable parental consent before disclosing personal information […]
Top Ten Takeaways from California AG’s Healthcare AI Advisory
On January 13, 2025, California Attorney General (“AG”) Rob Bonta issued an advisory describing providers’ and businesses’ obligations related to the development, sale, and use of artificial intelligence (“AI”) and automated decision systems (“ADS”) in the healthcare industry (“Advisory”). The Advisory puts healthcare providers, insurers, and businesses serving the healthcare industry on notice of the […]
OFAC Announces Sanctions Against Chinese-Based Cybersecurity Company
On January 3, 2025, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) announced sanctions on a Chinese-based cybersecurity company, Integrity Technology Group, Inc. (“Integrity Tech”). These sanctions were in response to Integrity Tech’s “role in multiple computer intrusion incidents against U.S. victims.” The incidents have been attributed to Flax Typhoon, a Chinese […]