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Warning: Iranian Cyber Response Possible Against Private Industry

January 7, 2020 By James Harvey and Kim Peretti

After Friday’s announcement of the killing of Major General Qassem Soleimani, a leader of Iran’s Quds Force, several regulators have put industry on high alert of the increased potential for cyber-attack.  Iran has a known history of launching cyber-attacks against US industry, and regulators warn industry to prepare for a possible rise in cyber-attacks. The […]

Filed Under: Cyber Risk, Cybersecurity, International, National Security, Security Breach

Schrems 2.0: Standard Contractual Clauses Declared Valid by EU Advocate General

December 19, 2019 By Wim Nauwelaerts and Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

  The Advocate General’s Opinion of December 19, 2019 deemed valid the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) adopted by the European Commission for the transfer of personal data from controllers to processors. Currently, many companies rely on SCCs as a mechanism for transferring personal data from the EU to non-EU countries in compliance with the GDPR. […]

Filed Under: Data Protection, International, Privacy Tagged With: Cross-border, EU Data Protection, EU Privacy, European Court of Justice, European Union (EU), GDPR, International Data Transfers, Max Schrems Decision

Treasury Announces Sanctions Against Cybercriminal Group Behind ‘Dridex’ Malware, Offering Mitigation Strategies for Businesses

December 11, 2019 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

On December 5, 2019, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued sanctions against Evil Corp, a Russian cybercriminal organization that is known for distributing the Dridex malware. Dridex is a banking trojan that has been used to target financial institutions across the globe and has resulted in more than $100 million […]

Filed Under: Cyber Risk, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Protection, Data Security, Digital Crimes, Enforcement, International, National Security Tagged With: Department of Justice (DOJ)

Senior Privacy, Cybersecurity Partner Wim Nauwelaerts Joins Alston & Bird

October 3, 2019 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

Alston & Bird has strengthened its global platform for advising on EU and international data protection with the addition of senior privacy and cybersecurity attorney Wim Nauwelaerts as partner in the firm’s Brussels office. Arriving from Sidley Austin LLP, Nauwelaerts is a veteran privacy and cybersecurity attorney with more than 20 years’ experience. Nauwelaerts advises […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Protection, GDPR, International, Privacy Tagged With: EU Data Protection, EU Privacy, EU Regulation, European Union (EU)

Peter Swire’s Op-ed: Schrems II Ruling Could Rupture Trans-Atlantic Data Flows

July 23, 2019 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

Prof. Peter Swire, Elizabeth and Thomas Holder Chair at the Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business and Senior Counsel at Alston & Bird, recently published an opinion piece, first in French in Le Monde, and then in English in the European Law Blog, with the title “the US, China, and Case 311/18 on Standard Contractual […]

Filed Under: Data Protection, International Tagged With: Cross-border, EU Data Protection, European Court of Justice, Max Schrems Decision

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