On October 16, 2024, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) issued an industry letter covering Cybersecurity Risks Arising from Artificial Intelligence and Strategies to Combat Related Risks (the “Industry Letter”). The Industry Letter contains guidance for entities regulated by NYDFS (“Covered Entities”) in assessing and responding to cybersecurity risks related to the use […]
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NYDFS Releases Consent Order in First Enforcement Action Brought Under the Cybersecurity Regulations
After a three-year investigation/enforcement action by the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”), NYDFS entered into a Consent Order with a large title insurer (the “Company”) for its violation of NYDFS’s Cybersecurity Regulation (23 NYCRR Part 500) (the “Regulation”), specifically, its failure to protect non-public information (“NPI”). NYDFS originally brought the enforcement action in […]
NY DFS Releases Revised Proposed Second Amendment of its Cybersecurity Regulation
The New York Department of Financial Services (“NY DFS”) published an updated proposed Second Amendment to its Cybersecurity Regulation (23 NYCRR Part 500) in the New York State Register on June 28, 2023, updating its previous proposed Second Amendment, which was published November 9, 2022. While the language proposed is largely similar to the previous […]
NYDFS Releases Significant Enhancements to its Cybersecurity Regulation in the Proposed Second Amendment
The New York Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) released their proposed second amendment to the Cybersecurity Regulation, 23 NYCRR Part 500 (“Proposed Second Amendment”) on October 9, 2022. DFS issued a minor amendment on April 2, 2020, revising the certification of compliance date (from February to April). The Proposed Second Amendment follows DFS’s “pre-proposed” draft […]
NYDFS Announces Significant Cybersecurity Settlement with EyeMed Vision Care
On October 18, 2022, EyeMed Vision Care LLC (“EyeMed”) entered into a Consent Order with the New York Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) relating to a cybersecurity event from 2020 that exposed consumer nonpublic information (“NPI”) to an unauthorized individual. EyeMed agreed to pay DFS a $4.5 million penalty, in addition to implementing mandatory remediation […]