In the aftermath of such incidents as the shootings at Virginia Tech and Newtown, HHS published guidance to remind covered entities that health care providers may, consistent with the HIPAA Privacy Rule, disclose protected health information (PHI), including from mental health records, to warn that persons may be at risk of harm because of a […]
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Cyber Alert: Breach Investigations, Part 2 – Understanding the Role of the PFI in Payment Card Breaches – Law360 Article by Kim Peretti
This article is the second in a four-part series describing some of the challenges to conducting breach investigations in response to increasingly sophisticated attacks. In Part 1, entitled Right-Sizing the Data Breach Investigation and published with Law360 on March 26, 2013, we provided an overview of the evolving advanced cyber threat landscape and the three […]
Alston & Bird’s Kim Peretti Quoted in Wall Street Journal Article
Kim Peretti, co-chair of the firm’s security-incident and management-response team and former senior litigator for the Justice Department’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section, was quoted in the Wall Street Journal article, “U.S. Eyes Pushback On China .” U.S. officials view that strategy [indictment] as a way to establish a deterrent. China likely wouldn’t turn over […]
Alston & Bird’s Kim Peretti Quoted in Wall Street Journal Article
Kim Peretti, co-chair of the firm’s security-incident and management-response team and former senior litigator for the Justice Department’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section, was quoted in the Wall Street Journal article, “U.S. Eyes Pushback On China .” U.S. officials view that strategy [indictment] as a way to establish a deterrent. China likely wouldn’t turn over […]
House Passes Updated CISPA Cybersecurity Legislation With Broader Bipartisan Support After Privacy Amendments Adopted
Today the House voted 288-127 to pass the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), H.R. 624. The bill passed by a wider margin than last Congress, with 92 Democrats voting in favor of H.R. 624. Several amendments regarding privacy concerns were adopted. House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD) stated after the vote “CISPA recognizes that you can’t […]