In the 2022 edition of our long-running annual podcast, partners in Mayer Brown’s Technology Transactions practice will discuss trends that will drive and shape technology transactions. This year’s program will focus on convergence of cloud, AI and data; innovation through new and complex collaborations; continued change in cybersecurity and privacy laws and priorities; increasing focus
Supply Chain
Cyber Spotlight: Managing Cyber Legal Risks to Industrial Systems
What are the key priorities for businesses as they face cyber threats to industrial systems, including in manufacturing, infrastructure and other critical contexts? This panel, featuring in-house leaders from prominent multinational businesses, will address the practical tools used to manage industrial cyber risk and associated legal risk, including:
- Assessing industrial cyber risk
- Ensuring effective internal
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President Biden’s Impact on the US-Sino Relationship
The Cyber Executive Order: What You Need to Know in 30 Minutes
Issued against the backdrop of recent high-profile cyber incidents, President Biden’s Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity sets forth ambitious initiatives and aggressive timelines for strengthening the cybersecurity of the federal government and the companies with which it does business. Critically, it also seeks to shape cyber practices across the economy more broadly, including…
President Biden Issues Executive Order to Improve Nation’s Cybersecurity
President Biden issued the Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity (“Cyber EO”) on May 12, 2021. The Cyber EO is ambitious in scope and sets aggressive timelines for its implementation. It seeks to both strengthen the cybersecurity of the federal government and push the private sector to further strengthen its approach to cybersecurity. Indeed,…
Data Protection Developments in Europe – Supply Chain and Distribution
In an increasingly interconnected world, preserving the free flow of data across borders is crucial to the prosperity of businesses operating in every industry. But over the last year, there have been a number of important data protection developments in Europe that have a direct impact on the supply chain and distribution arrangements operated by…
Managing OT Cyber Risk: Lessons from the Front Lines
Cyber attacks continue to grow against the wide range of industries that rely on connected systems to manufacture products, monitor industrial processes, operate critical infrastructure and perform countless other sensitive processes. These attacks against industrial systems—generally referred to as “Operational Technology” (OT)—threaten to stop production, impair the integrity of safety-critical systems or even cause physical…
Building a Trusted Supply Chain: The Threats and Challenges Ahead A View from the Cyberspace Solarium Commission
On October 19, 2020, the Cyberspace Solarium Commission released a new white paper, “Building a Trusted ICT Supply Chain.” Join us for a discussion of the threats identified, the challenges ahead, and the Solarium Commission’s recommendations as how to protect and promote a trusted supply chain.
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US Commerce Department Identifies Prohibited Transactions with WeChat But Implementation Delayed
On September 18, 2020, the United States Department of Commerce announced prohibitions on certain transactions relating to the mobile application (“app”) WeChat that were slated to take effect on September 20, 2020.1 These prohibitions would ban new downloads of the app by consumers in the United States and effectively disable the functionality of the…
DoD Releases Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification 1.0—Once It’s Effective, Thousands of DoD Contractors, Suppliers Must Be Certified as Prerequisite to Contracting
On January 31, 2020, the US Department of Defense (DoD) Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (OUSD(A&S)) released Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Version 1.0. DoD developed the CMMC to provide a unified cybersecurity standard for defense contractors and suppliers across all of the Defense Industrial Base (DIB), which,…