On November 19, Kim Peretti, co-chair of the firm’s Security Incident Management & Response team, will participate as a featured speaker in the New York County District Attorney’s Office 2013 Fall Symposium, “Financial Crimes and Cybersecurity.” She will speak at the session “Cyber Developments in the Financial Industry.”
Cybersecurity
NIST Releases Preliminary Cybersecurity Framework
October 22, 2013, the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) posted a preliminary cybersecurity framework (the “Framework”) on its website. The complete Framework had been expected to be unveiled earlier in October, but was delayed as a result of the federal government shutdown. For background on earlier activity with respect to the Framework, please see the […]
NIST Meeting to Finalize Cybersecurity Framework
Ongoing efforts to finalize a framework for the development of voluntary cybersecurity standards for critical infrastructure industries continued in Dallas this week. NIST led a workshop with government and private sector officials to work through the details of the draft framework published on August 28th and required under Executive Order 13636. A formal proposal will be issued for […]
New European Data Breach Rules for Telcos and ISPs
On August 25, 2013, a new European Regulation came into effect that changed and expanded upon the breach notification procedures set forth in the E-Privacy Directive (2002/58/EC). The Regulation outlines two independent notification obligations: (1) notification to the relevant national authority within 24 hours after detection of a personal breach where feasible; and (2) notification […]