Kim Peretti, co-lead of the Security Incident Managements & Response Team, and Maki DePalo, Associate, recently published “Evolving DDOS Attacks Provide the Driver for Financial Institutions to Enhance Response Capabilities,” in the most recent May issue of The Banking Law Journal. “In the wake of an unprecedented variant of a traditional cybercrime attack, financial institutions […]
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IP Commission Report Recommends U.S. Consider Limited “Hack-Back” Legislation
On Wednesday, May 22, 2013 the Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property released a report making several policy, legislative and legal recommendations with the aim of reducing the “scale and scope of IP theft.” The Commission noted that to reduce such theft the United States must change the “incentive structure for IP thieves” […]
ABA’s Privacy and Information Security Committee Update – Led by Alston & Bird
Alston & Bird’s Privacy & Data Security Team Team led the May 14, 2013, monthly update conference call of the ABA Antitrust Section’s Privacy and Information Security Committee. Kim Peretti, Paul Martino, Bruce Sarkisian and David Keating were featured panelists during the call. VIEW: ABA Privacy and Data Security Update presentation slides. (PDF)
SEC Chair Asks Staff to Review Cybersecurity Disclosure Practices at Urging of Senator Rockefeller
In a letter responding to a request by Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, Chairman Mary Jo White of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) stated that she has asked her staff for a briefing on the efficacy of the SEC’s 2011 staff guidance on Cybersecurity disclosures, overall compliance with the […]
WATCH: Kim Peretti Interviewed by BankInfoSecurity.com on $45 Million Heist
Kim Peretti, co-chair of the firm’s Security Incident Management and Response Team and former senior litigator for the Justice Department’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section, was interviewed by BankInfoSecurity.com, where she discussed the cyber heist scheme that involved $45 million withdrawn from ATMs worldwide. Peretti offered insights, lessons learned from global cash-out schemes and security […]