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Germany’s Cyber Threat Landscape – Top 3 Lessons from the BKA Situation Report

August 1, 2022 By Daniel Felz

Germany boasts one of the world’s largest, most sophisticated, and international economies. Companies doing business in Germany are thus an increasingly relevant target for cyberattacks. Germany‘s Federal Criminal Police Office (Bundeskriminalamt or BKA) is the federal law enforcement agency charged with investigating cybercrime, and for coordinating federal-state cooperation in cybercrime matters.  The BKA recently published […]

Filed Under: Cyber Risk, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Data Security, Germany, Ransomware, Supply Chain, Uncategorized Tagged With: Cross-border, cybersecurity, Germany, ransomware

New York and Illinois Regulators Recommend Third Party Cybersecurity Review For Specific Vulnerabilities

May 21, 2021 By James Harvey and Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

This month, the Illinois Department of Insurance issued guidance to insurers recommending assessments in response to a Microsoft Exchange vulnerability, detailed in the guidance.  In the Bulletin dated May 5, the Department encourages regulated entities to “assess the risk to their systems and consumers and take steps necessary to address vulnerabilities and customer impact.” The […]

Filed Under: Cyber Risk, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Protection, Data Security, Digital Crimes, Enforcement, Financial Privacy, Insurance Data Security, NYDFS, Regulation, Security Breach, Supply Chain

NYDFS Issues Report on the SolarWinds Attack and Covered Entities’ Responses

April 29, 2021 By Kate Hanniford

Following the SolarWinds cyber espionage attack (the “Attack”) and the resulting focus on supply chain risk, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has issued a report detailing the impact on and responses by its regulated covered entities to the Attack.  Although there have been no reported instances of active exploitation of DFS-regulated companies […]

Filed Under: Cyber Espionage, NYDFS, Security Breach, Supply Chain Tagged With: Supply chain, Third Party Risk

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