New legislation introduced by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., would "bring meaningful punishments for companies that violate people's data privacy, including larger fines and potential jail time for CEOs," he says. But can Congress agree on a privacy law?
In the wake of a federal appeals court ruling last year vacating a Federal Trade Commission enforcement action against LabMD, the FTC's data security consent orders are becoming far more detailed and rigorous, says former FTC attorney Julie O'Neill.
Defense and prosecution attorneys are asking for a delay in the trial of alleged Capital One hacker Paige A. Thompson, citing the overwhelming amount of digital evidence in the case and the ongoing forensics investigation. Prosecutors also expect to file additional charges.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced a bill to help U.S. telecommunications providers "rip and replace" any Chinese-built networking equipment. The move comes as many experts warn that using Huawei or ZTE 5G equipment poses an unacceptable national security risk.
In the wake of ransomware attacks that have hit the public and private sectors, the U.S. Senate has passed a bill that calls for creating cyber incident response and threat hunting teams at the Department of Homeland Security. Find out what role the teams would play.
Europe's top court has ruled that Google does not have to remove links to sensitive personal data globally under the EU's "right to be forgotten" requirements, saying the requirement only applies in Europe.
When it comes to cybersecurity, the past twelve months have been busy in Canada. With the coming into force of mandatory breach reporting, major court decisions in the Casino Rama and Rouge Valley Hospital cases and headline-grabbing breaches, such as Desjardins and Air Canada, there has been no shortage of lessons...
Asking the right questions is the first critical step in implementing appropriate cyber hygiene and minimizing exposure to regulatory scrutiny and litigation. Too often, organizations fail to ask those questions. Typically, this is because the C-Suite executives, who are expected to engage and oversee cybersecurity,...
Billions are being spent globally on cybersecurity every year, yet regularly we are hearing of new breaches each more significant than the previous. The physical security of your infrastructure and your ability to protect your digital assists has never been more interconnected and critical to the survival of your...
The U.S. Justice Department has sued Edward Snowden over his new memoir, claiming that the former NSA contractor violated a nondisclosure agreement he signed when he worked for the government before becoming the world's best-known whistleblower. The suit seeks to collect all profits from the book.
Paige A. Thompson, who's been arrested on a charge of hacking into Capital One's network and taking the personal and financial data of 106 million individuals, is also suspected of stealing information from over 30 other organizations, according to new court documents.
U.S. organizations were barely GDPR compliant in 2018, when California unveiled its own privacy legislation, the California Consumer Privacy Act, which goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2020. Yet, this is but one of several privacy laws being enacted across the U.S., and it poses many questions about the role of security to...
Risks associated with cyber security incidents and business interruption are major concerns for companies worldwide. Improperly managed, cyber security incidents like ransomware can bring companies to a standstill and the resulting financial losses can have a substantial impact. Using real life examples, learn how...
Whether you're a large enterprise that has experienced a headline data breach or a midmarket organization that has just been paralyzed by ransomware, you share points in common. Which law enforcement agency do I call after the incident has been discovered? What do I do - and not do with the affected systems? What...
More lawsuits have been filed in the wake of the Capital One breach that exposed the data of more than 100 million individuals. GitHub is also a target of one of those lawsuits, which alleges the code-sharing site failed to promptly remove breached data.
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