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Congress Considers Cybersecurity Bills

December 16, 2013 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

Earlier last week, House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) introduced H.R. 3696, a bill to amend the Homeland Security Act to make certain improvements regarding cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection. The committee circulated the draft earlier this year, and had planned to mark up the bill when the Edward Snowden revelations became public. The bill […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Legislation Tagged With: Hearing, US Congress

Department of Defense Publishes Safeguarding Rule Requiring Contractors to Follow NIST Security Standards, Report Cybersecurity Incidents

November 22, 2013 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

On November 18, the U.S. Department of Defense (“DoD”) published a final safeguarding rule (the “UCTI Safeguarding Rule”) applicable to contractors in possession of unclassified yet nonpublic technical information (“UCTI”) that requires them to, at a minimum, satisfy the security controls specified in NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-53 in order to safeguard UCTI. Additionally, the UCTI Safeguarding […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Security, Regulation Tagged With: National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST)

Kim Peretti to Speak at the 2013 New York County District Attorney’s Office Fall Symposium

November 14, 2013 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

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.”

Filed Under: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Events

NIST Releases Preliminary Cybersecurity Framework

October 29, 2013 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

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 […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity Tagged With: Cybersecurity Executive Order, National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST)

NIST Meeting to Finalize Cybersecurity Framework

September 17, 2013 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

Ongoing efforts to finalize a framework for the development of voluntary cybersecurity standards for critical infrastructure industries continued in Dallas this week.  NIST led a workshop with government and private sector officials to work through the details of the draft framework published on August 28th and required under Executive Order 13636. A formal proposal will be issued for […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity Tagged With: Cybersecurity Executive Order, National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST)

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