Category Archives: Cybersecurity Law

Cybersecurity Risk: Law and Trends – Ethical Boardroom Article

The law is trending toward more risk of liability for Officers and Directors. Learn more about this from my recent article in Ethical Boardroom — full text available without paywall here: Cybersecurity Risk: Law and Trends. Learn more about the CyberGard Business Cyber Risk Management Program

Speaking on Cybersecurity Law, Risk & Compliance at Collin County Bench Bar Conference in Austin! #CCBBF

As you can see, I have had a whirlwind week of presentations with the IAIP Keynote on Tuesday, ACFE Fraud Conference on Friday, and then Saturday I finish it up in Austin at the Collin County Bench Bar Foundation’s Collin County Bench Bar Conference! You Should Be Here! The Bench Bar Conference is a really …

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Bleak Cybersecurity Future: Data Breaches on Track to Cost Companies $2.1 Trillion

I recently posted about how corporate general counsel now view cybersecurity as a top 3 concern. At this rate, it will soon be their #1 concern. A recent article in Corporate Counsel gives several reasons for why this problem will only continue to increase in volume, expense, and overall risk to companies: Companies continue to move …

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Cybersecurity Presentation at ACFE 25th Annual DFW Fraud Conference

I am really looking forward to speaking to the 400+ attendees at the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners’ (ACFE) 25th Annual DFW Fraud Conference event on Friday, May 15, 2015. My address is titled Addressing the Most Current Cybersecurity Threats: Don’t Be the Next Victim. You can learn more about this event at this LINK …

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Cybersecurity is a Top Concern for Corporate General Counsel

LawyersWeekly has found that cybersecurity is now one of the top 3 concerns of corporate general counsel. It should probably be the first, given the trend toward finding liability for officers and directors for cybersecurity incidents. See Growing Trend of Officer & Director Liability for Cybersecurity Incidents Here are my key takeaways from the LawyersWeekly article: General counsel’s …

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Cybersecurity Keynote Address at International Association of Insurance Professionals Event

I am really looking forward to delivering the Keynote Address at the International Association of Insurance Professionals IAIP DFW NAIW Week event on May 12, 2015. My address, which will follow 2 hours of CE/CLE education on Cyber Liability, is titled Cyber Risk Reality Check but, the more I think about it, perhaps it should be …

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Will Officers & Directors Be Held Legally Responsible for Companies’ Data Breaches and Cybersecurity Incidents?

Will Officers and Directors be held legally responsible for their companies’ data breaches and cybersecurity incidents? That is the question I addressed in Cybersecurity Risk: Law and Trends – A Director’s Duties Must Evolve With The Company’s, which was recently published in the Spring 2015 issue of Ethical Boardroom (see article below). The article is short …

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Why Hackers Love Companies Who Use Social Media – The Point

I read an interesting article that discusses the intersection between social media and cybersecurity. The gist is that the bad guys use information they learn on social media (recall my lessons on business situational awareness) to engage in social engineering / spear phishing attacks based upon that intel. Read more: Why Hackers Love Companies Who Use Social …

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Useful Info on Cyber Security Definitions for Common Jargon & Acronyms

The world of cybersecurity is full of all kinds of cool and exotic sounding acronyms that, just as lawyers do, cybersecurity pros use to (1) communicate valuable information but, perhaps more importantly, (2) sound really cool! If you want to be in the club, here’s a great post where you go to get the basics: …

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A Few Thoughts on the Consumer Litigation Settlement in the Target Data Breach Case

Many thanks to CSO Online and Michael Santarcangelo (@catalyst) for his excellent synopsis of our conversation regarding the recent settlement of the Consumer Litigation in the Target data breach lawsuit (note, the more substantive Financial Institutions Litigation has not settled). Please give the full article a read and also give a shout-out to Michael on his Twitter …

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