On Friday, January 10, 2014, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 3811, the “Health Exchange Security and Transparency Act of 2014” by a vote of 291 to 122. The bill was introduced on January 7, 2014 by Representative Joe Pitts (R-PA), and has a total of 75 cosponsors. Under the bill, the Secretary of Health […]
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White House Cybersecurity Coordinator to Deliver Keynote at Law & Policy In-House Summit in Washington, D.C.
The Global Law Forum will host The Cybersecurity Law & Policy In-House Summit in Washington D.C. on January 14 and 15, 2014. The Summit will showcase panel discussions addressing a myriad of issues relevant to corporate counsel including establishing data breach response plans, understanding the cybersecurity insurance market, achieving Board of Directors and company buy-in […]
NIST’s Preliminary Cybersecurity Framework Could Have Broad Implications for Critical, Non-Critical Infrastructure Alike
On October 22, 2013, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released its Preliminary Cybersecurity Framework (“Framework”), marking one of the final steps in creating the “voluntary” Framework envisioned in an Obama Administration Executive Order (EO) issued earlier this year. That EO, which was designed to strengthen the cybersecurity of the United States’ critical […]