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On January 23, Alston & Bird and KPMG co-hosted a seminar entitled, “Cyber Security and Breach Response: What Board Members and Executive Leadership Need to Know” on the topic of cyber risks and how public company boards can best prepare themselves for a security breach situation and respond optimally, should one occur. This program provided […]

There is an adage that “the best defense is a good offense.” Many companies are taking this to heart as they are becoming increasingly frustrated with the limitations of today’s commonly deployed passive countermeasures and other defensive technologies. Emerging offensive technologies, generally called “active defense technologies” offer considerable promise in being able to identify and […]

First identified in 2006, the financial services sector has been battling a form of cybercrime known as “corporate account takeovers,” in which cyber criminals target employees of businesses and cause the targeted individual to spread malicious software (or “malware”) which in turn steals their online banking credentials. Armed with these credentials, the criminal is able […]

The long wait for the HIPAA/HITECH Act Omnibus Final Rule is finally over. It went on display at the Office of the Federal Register late on Thursday, January 17, 2013, and will be published in the January 25, 2013 edition of the Federal Register. As anticipated, the Omnibus Final Rule contains modifications to: The Breach […]

Alston & Bird is please to share some exciting news about the Data Privacy & Security Practice at Alston & Bird and our Security Incident Management & Response Team: Kim Peretti has joined our firm and our team as a partner in the Washington, D.C. office. Kim has been a director in PwC’s cyber investigations group for […]