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FTC Releases Warning to Companies that Fail to Mitigate Log4j Vulnerability

January 5, 2022 By Alysa Austin and Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

Less than a month ago, a critical vulnerability was identified in the ubiquitous, open source Log4j tool prompting swift guidance from Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and other security practitioners.  Now, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has warned companies that it “intends to use its full legal authority” against any company that fails to […]

Filed Under: Board Governance & Cyber Risk Management, Consumer Protection/FTC, National Security & Digital Crimes, Privacy & Cyber Regulatory Enforcement Tagged With: Cybersecurity, Log4j, Vulnerability

CISA Issues Statement on Log4j Critical Vulnerability

December 13, 2021 By Kim Peretti

Log4j is a java-based tool from Apache’s open source library used for parsing logs that never seems to have made headlines before this past weekend.  Now, following the December 9th public announcement of a vulnerability in this tool, public and private sector security partners are issuing warnings about this “critical vulnerability.”  While the full scope […]

Filed Under: Board Governance & Cyber Risk Management, Crisis & Data Breach Response, National Security & Digital Crimes Tagged With: CISA, Cybersecurity, Log4j, Vulnerability

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