Exploring the evolution of cybersecurity and privacy law
Our Cyber Perspectives series presents broad-ranging discussions with those contending with cybersecurity threats from the front lines.
Please join Mayer Brown’s Marcus Christian in conversation with Burt Fealing, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Compliance and Corporate Secretary at Southwire Company. Topics will include:
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On March 5, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) proposed a number of revisions to its Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (“GLBA”) regulations, which would (i) change the Safeguards Rule to require financial institutions to implement specific information security controls (in a departure from the FTC’s current non-prescriptive approach to data security), (ii) update its GLBA Privacy Rule…
As large-scale cybersecurity incidents dominate headlines, companies should consider how they can prepare to manage and respond to such potentially damaging events.
As businesses continue to leverage complex systems, managing the vulnerabilities inherent in such operations will become an increasingly important task. Vulnerabilities are the weaknesses in software code and network systems that render information and products susceptible to exploitation by malicious actors. As recent headlines attest, the consequences of such exploitation can be significant. Vulnerability management…
Businesses today are increasingly turning to cloud computing solutions and accumulating data in the cloud at a staggering pace. Although cloud solutions have many advantages, they also present challenges. For example, cloud providers generally do not customize the cloud environment for any particular customer’s business needs given the multi-tenant nature of cloud solutions. In addition,…
Bylined article by Financial Services Regulatory & Enforcement partner Jeffrey Taft (Washington DC), Corporate & Securities partner Larry Hamilton (Chicago), Cybersecurity & Data Privacy partner Stephen Lilley (Washington DC) and Financial Services Regulatory & Enforcement associate Matthew Bisanz (Washington DC).
Mayer Brown’s new handbook, Cybersecurity Regulation in the United States: Governing Frameworks and Emerging Trends, offers insights on the regulatory frameworks applicable across key sectors of the US economy as well as emerging regulatory trends in these sectors.
Please join Raj De, leader of Mayer Brown’s global Cybersecurity & Data Privacy practice and recent…
Computer security incidents pose substantial and growing threats to businesses. A company’s readiness to respond in the immediate aftermath of an attack is the key to minimizing the financial, reputational and legal damage associated with such an event. To help companies be prepared, Mayer Brown recently published Preparing For and Responding To a Computer Security…
The members of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (“FFIEC”) have released an update to the Management section of the Information Technology Examination Handbook (the “Handbook”).1 While the Handbook is written for examiners at the U.S. federal banking agencies and for the financial institutions subject to examination, it contains helpful guidance for other entities…
Public companies are indisputably at the front lines of today’s cybersecurity challenge. But the fog of cyberwar should not obscure the obligations of companies and their boards of directors in dealing with cyber risk.
Please join us as Raj De, current Mayer Brown partner and former NSA General Counsel, Randy Milch, CLS Distinguished…
