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A CYBER LAW WIN FOR BANKING!
After years of bad press, banking giant Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. ("Wells Fargo") received a small reprieve in the United States District...
Aug 26, 20204 min read


DO NOT LIE TO THE FTC
On August 20, 2020, 52-year-old former Chief Security Officer (“CSO”) for Uber Technologies Inc. (“Uber”) Joseph Sullivan was charged...
Aug 21, 20203 min read


DATA BREACH METRICS FROM 2019 TO 2020: Overall Decrease in Cost, but Increase in Cost for Healthcare
Published by IBM Security, the Ponemon Institute released its 2020 Data Breach Report, which unsurprisingly a marked increase in the...
Aug 14, 20203 min read


4 LESSONS FROM THE IN RE SOLARA MED. SUPPLIES CASE AND DATA BREACH
A United States District Court again allows a lawsuit seeking to hold a commercial data breach victim accountable for its potential role...
Aug 9, 20204 min read


Business Identity Theft: Risks and Prevention
Cyber criminals steal business identities, increasingly targeting recently defunct entities that perished in the pandemic. Business...
Aug 3, 20203 min read


CYBERSECURITY CASE WATCH – BESSEMER v. FISERV
Despite the immature procedural history, Bessemer v. Fiserv is fascinating expose of possible legal liabilities when a MSP/MSSP allegedly...
Aug 1, 20204 min read


The Biggest Lesson from the Twitter Breach
On July 15, 2020, approximately 130 Twitter accounts were “hacked” by bad actors who gained control of the accounts and sent tweets on...
Jul 27, 20203 min read


Schrems II and the Future of Privacy
By Brandon M. Stevens, Attorney, CIPP/US, CIPP/E, CIPM Contributing Writer On July 16, Austrian lawyer and privacy activist Max Schrems...
Jul 23, 20203 min read


TikTok Warnings Continue to Stack Up: Private Industry must take Precautions
For anyone living under a rock, TikTok is a Chinese video-sharing social network platform. Used by millions of people across the world,...
Jul 15, 20203 min read


THE EARN IT ACT – The Debate Over S.3398
Before considering the content and lawfulness of S. 3398, Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of...
Jul 11, 20204 min read


SIMPLE WAYS TO PREVENT CYBER ATTACKS AGAINST HOSPITALS (and get an attorney to help you)
Droves of nameless and faceless hackers attack the U.S. healthcare industry every day. According to alerts from the United States...
Jul 6, 20203 min read


NDAA FY21 - CYBERSECURITY WITH A NATIONAL GUARD AND THREAT HUNTING FOCUS
On June 23, 2020, the amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act for FY21 were finally revealed. The NDAA makes cyber...
Jul 5, 20201 min read


UNPREPARED FOR THE DEEPFAKE?
Individuals, businesses, and governments are unprepared for the coming wave of deepfake attacks by malicious cyber criminals. For the...
Jul 1, 20203 min read


BEWARE THE CYBERSECURITY “KNOW-IT-ALL” AND 5 TIPS FOR SPOTTING THEM
Whether working in law, the c-suite, government, or at the help-desk – any cybersecurity or INFOSEC professional brandishing a...
Jun 28, 20204 min read


TWO NEW U.S. GOVT. EFFORTS TO COMBAT CYBER-CRIME
Again addressing a major issue that is kick-starting this decade, the U.S. Government continues its efforts to effectively combat...
Jun 24, 20203 min read


Victims of BlueLeaks: Don’t Rush to the Courthouse
Every INFOSEC nerd who read Brian Krebs’s June 22, 2020 article about the “Hundreds of thousands of potentially sensitive files from...
Jun 23, 20203 min read


Dark Web Investigators – A Potentially Worthy Investment
According to Robert Mueller, former director of the FBI, “there are two types of companies: Those who know they have been hacked & those...
Jun 21, 20203 min read


Finding Room for Artificial Intelligence Within HIPAA
Artificial intelligence is transforming medicine. According to two recent studies published in Nature Medicine and Cell, artificial...
Jun 17, 20204 min read


LOUISIANA KEEPS MOVING AS CYBERSECURITY LEADER
Louisiana makes no secret of its desire to be a leader in cybersecurity. Last year, Governor John Bel Edwards signed the Louisiana...
Jun 16, 20203 min read


Invest in Cybersecurity Now: Benefits and Consequences
The COVID-19 pandemic taught the world several lessons the “hard way,” including the paramount investment needed in cybersecurity. The...
Jun 15, 20203 min read
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