SEC Issues Cybersecurity Alert For Brokers And Financial Advisers
On May 17, 2017, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), through its National Exam Program, issued a “Risk Alert” to broker-dealers, investment advisers and investment firms to advise them...
View ArticleUS Government Accountability Office Releases New Report On The Internet of...
On May 15, 2017, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a new report entitled “Internet of Things: Status and implications of an increasingly connected world.” In the report, the GAO...
View ArticlePresident Trump’s Budget Requests $1.5B For Homeland Security Cyber Unit
President Trump’s new budget includes a request to increase cybersecurity personnel and funding across several federal departments, including $1.5 billion for the Department of Homeland Security’s...
View ArticleDHS and FBI – Hackers Are Targeting US Nuclear, Energy, and Manufacturing...
According to a new joint report issued by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), hackers have been penetrating the computer networks of companies that...
View ArticleNIST Releases Draft Update To Cybersecurity Framework
In 2014, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released its first version of the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity (Cyber Framework). The Cyber Framework...
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IRS Warns About New Cyber Scam Targeting Taxpayers
Last month, the United States (US) Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a warning to US taxpayers that cyber criminals are increasing their efforts to steal more detailed financial information from...
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Survey Says…Cybersecurity Remains A Critical Challenge For Business
On March 14, 2018, IBM Security announced the results of a new global study on organizational cybersecurity readiness and resiliency entitled “The 2018 Cyber Resilient Organization.” The new survey...
View ArticleDHS And FBI Issue Joint Warning – Hackers Have Targeted Critical Sector...
On March 15, 2018, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a joint Technical Alert (TA18-074A) warning “network defenders” in critical sector...
View ArticleCalifornia Passes First Of Its Kind IoT Cybersecurity Law
California recently became the first state in the union to pass a cybersecurity law addressing “smart” devices and Internet of Things (IoT) technology. The term IoT generally refers to anything...
View ArticleThe Good, Bad, And The Ugly: Key Takeaways From California’s New Privacy Law
Consumer privacy rights in California are well established. The California Constitution expressly grants California citizens a right to privacy. And existing California law provides for the...
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