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FCC Chairman Outlines Industry-Led “New Regulatory Paradigm” for Cybersecurity Leveraging NIST Framework

June 14, 2014 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler made remarks on Thursday, June 12 at the American Enterprise Institute where he explained the FCC’s vision of how it will improve the communications sector’s cyber readiness. He announced a “new regulatory paradigm” where the FCC “relies on industry and the market first while preserving other options if that approach is […]

Filed Under: Cyber Risk, Cybersecurity Tagged With: Federal Trade Commission (FTC), National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST)

International Collaboration Disrupts GameOver Zeus and CryptoLocker

June 4, 2014 By Maki DePalo

On June 2, 2014, in collaboration with the European Cybercrime Centre at Europol, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced a multi-national effort to disrupt the GameOver Zeus botnet, an extremely sophisticated type of malware designed to steal banking and other credentials from infected computers. The DOJ and the FBI also […]

Filed Under: Cyber Risk, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Enforcement, International Tagged With: Department of Justice

Kim Peretti Quoted in BankInfoSecurity

June 3, 2014 By Cybersecurity Preparedness & Response Team

Kim Peretti, co-chair of the firm’s Security Incident Management & Response Team, was quoted in a BankInfoSecurity article titled “Target Breach: Hold Board Responsible?” The article discussed a consulting firm’s report for shareholders in regard to Target Corp. stating that the company should replace seven of the ten members of its board of directors who […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Financial Privacy, Security Breach

DOJ Issues White Paper on Cybersecurity Information Sharing Under the SCA

May 13, 2014 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

On Friday, May 9 the Department of Justice (DOJ) released a white paper stating that under its interpretation of the Stored Communications Act (SCA), 18 U.S.C. § 2701 et seq., communications companies are permitted to disclose “non-content information to the government” as long as that information is in its “aggregate form.” The lynchpin of the DOJ’s […]

Filed Under: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Security, Privacy Tagged With: Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Regulatory Enforcement

FFIEC to Host Cybersecurity Webinar

April 28, 2014 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

On May 7, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) will host a free webinar on cybersecurity for financial institutions, entitled Executive Leadership of Cybersecurity: What Today’s CEO Needs to Know About the Threats They Don’t See. The webinar will provide guidance to senior managers on responding effectively to “current cyber threats.” Topics include “building a […]

Filed Under: Advisories, Cybersecurity, Data Protection, Data Security, Events

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