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FERC Seeks To Mandate Electric Utilities Implement Specific Cybersecurity Protections

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In the newly proposed version of the Critical Infrastructure Protection (“CIP”) Reliability Standards, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) is seeking, for the first time, to create mandatory cybersecurity … [Read more] about FERC Seeks To Mandate Electric Utilities Implement Specific Cybersecurity Protections

HIPAA, Mental Health, and the National Instant Criminal Background Check System

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In the aftermath of such incidents as the shootings at Virginia Tech and Newtown, HHS published guidance to remind covered entities that health care providers may, consistent with the HIPAA Privacy Rule, disclose protected health information (PHI), … [Read more] about HIPAA, Mental Health, and the National Instant Criminal Background Check System

Cyber Alert: Breach Investigations, Part 2 – Understanding the Role of the PFI in Payment Card Breaches – Law360 Article by Kim Peretti

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This article is the second in a four-part series describing some of the challenges to conducting breach investigations in response to increasingly sophisticated attacks. In Part 1, entitled Right-Sizing the Data Breach Investigation and published … [Read more] about Cyber Alert: Breach Investigations, Part 2 – Understanding the Role of the PFI in Payment Card Breaches – Law360 Article by Kim Peretti