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There’s an update to Foley & Lardner’s resource on U.S. state data breach notification laws. They explain what their resource applies and what it doesn’t apply to: While most state data breach notification statutes contain similar… Continue reading Resource: U.S. State Data Breach Notification Laws
Mark Young, Paul Maynard, and Aleksander Aleksiev of Covington and Burling write: In six months’ time, on 17 October 2024, Member State laws that transpose the EU’s revised Network and Information Systems Directive (“NIS2”) will start to apply. As des… Continue reading NIS2 implementation enters the final stretch – six months to deadline
Eric Geller reports: As U.S. hospitals struggle to pay their employees amid a cyberattack that knocked out a major payment vendor, a powerful Democratic senator is seizing the moment to push for better security in the sorely vulnerable healthcare secto… Continue reading Prominent US senator sees new momentum for healthcare cybersecurity push
On March 28, 2024, the U.S. Department of Education—in coordination with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)—held the kickoff meeting of the Education Facilities Subsector Government Coordinating Council (GCC), designed to facil… Continue reading K12 SIX Applauds Launch of K-12 Education Cybersecurity Council
A quick note that the official draft of CIRCA is now published: A Proposed Rule by the Homeland Security Department on 04/04/2024 All information is linked from https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/04/2024-06526/cyber-incident-reporting-fo… Continue reading Proporsed Rule: Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act (CIRCIA) Reporting Requirements
Vivienne Serret reports: Hackers broke into the computer network of the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice in Tallahassee, which runs the state’s juvenile detention centers and programs to steer troubled kids away from crime. It led to a cont… Continue reading Florida Department of Juvenile Justice computer network hacked
Ashden Fein, Micaela McMurrough, Caleb Skeath, Robert Huffman, John Webster Leslie, and Shayan Karbassi of Covington and Burling write: On March 27, 2024, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (“CISA”) Notice of Proposed Rulemakin… Continue reading CISA Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Incident Reporting
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On March 19, 2024, Utah’s Governor Spencer J. Cox signed Senate Bill (SB) 98 (the “Bill”), Online Data Security and Privacy Amendments, into law. The Bill amends the Protection of Personal Information Act (§13-44-101 et seq… Continue reading Utah Enacts Amendments to State Breach Notification Law
WASHINGTON — Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Wuhan Xiaoruizhi Science and Technology Company, Limited (Wuhan XRZ), a Wuhan, China-based Ministry of State Security (MSS) front company that has s… Continue reading Treasury Sanctions China-Linked Hackers for Targeting U.S. Critical Infrastructure
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes that on March 13, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission’s updates to the FCC data breach notification rules (the “Rules”) went into effect despite legal challenges. The rules were adopted in December 2023 pursuant to a… Continue reading FCC Updated Data Breach Notification Rules Go into Effect Despite Challenges