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

Publications

Guides & Checklists

Video Guides

The Legal Case for a Coherent Risk Analysis Program, ISMG’s BankInfo Security
A Basic Primer on Cyber Insurance — TechBytes Video, State Bar of Texas, Computer & Technology Section
Essential Cybersecurity Steps Every Law Firm Should Take to Better Protect Their Clients’ Data — TechBytes Video, State Bar of Texas, Computer & Technology Section
What is reasonable cybersecurity? SecureWorld has Shawn Tuma explain this in two 2 minute videos (video 1) (video 2)

Magazines & Journals

2022 Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Update, Texas Bar Journal (January 2023)
Ransomware: Critical Information You Need to Help Better Protect Against (Texas Bar Journal)
A Lesson in Humility from the FireEye and SolarWinds Cyber Attack (Ethical Boardroom)
2021 Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Update, Texas Bar Journal (January 2022)
2021 Legislative Updates – Computer & Technology, Texas Bar Journal (with Natalie Washington and Shelby Wilson)
The Security Issues With Zoom and What to Do About Them, CoverWallet (an Aon company)
2020 Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Update (Texas Bar Journal)
Working From Home During COVID-19? Five Things You Should be Doing–But Probably Are Not–To Be More Cyber Secure (Texas Bar Journal) (pdf version)
Why did Lifespan Health face such a stiff HIPAA penalty for a stolen laptop? HealthcareITNews
With Ransomware Attacks Increasing, Cyber Insurance Now Seen As A Necessity, Not a Luxury, Security Magazine
Cyber Insurance Becoming a Necessity, No Longer a Luxury for Prepared Companies, CPO Magazine
2019 Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Update, Texas Bar Journal (January 2020)
15 Cases and Statutes in 45 Minutes, Summer 2019 Edition of Circuits, a publication of the Computer & Technology Section of the State Bar of Texas
Why Your Company Needs an Experienced Cyber Attorney, Spring 2019 Edition of Circuits, a publication of the Computer & Technology Section of the State Bar of Texas
4 FAQs about W-2 business email compromise attacks during tax season, Benefits Pro (February 2019)
Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Update, Texas Bar Journal (January 2019)
Privileges: Understanding Applicability in Cybersecurity Cases, Texas Bar Journal (October 2018)
Why you need a cyber attorney, Ethical Board (Spring 2018)
Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Update, Texas Bar Journal, January 2018 (page 27 of .pdf)
Why do Data Breach Disclosures Take So Long? Let’s Ask the SEC Chairman, MISTI Training Institute
Contributor, SecureWorld
Cybersecurity Compliance: Why the New Rules in New York are Important to Businesses Everywhere, Texas Bar Journal, December 2017
Cybersecurity: A Fiduciary Duty, The #CyberAvengers, Ethical Boardroom, Summer 2017
Critical Steps Companies Must Take to Comply with New York’s Cybersecurity Rules, Ethical Boardroom, Winter 2017 (free registration to view)
Getting to grips with New York’s cybersecurity compliance rules, Ethical Boardroom, Fall 2016
Getting to Grips with New York’s Cybersecurity Compliance Rules, Spring 2017 Edition of Circuits, a publication of the Computer & Technology Section of the State Bar of Texas
4 Key Cyber Insurance Takeaways for Companies from Spec’s v. Hanover Lawsuit, SecureWorld
Cybersecurity for Your Law Firm
Critical Steps Companies Must Take to Comply with New York’s Cybersecurity Rules, Ethical Boardroom (pg. 140), Winter 2017
Your Company is at High Risk for W-2 Email Scams During Tax Season, SecureWorld
Securing Your Network & Application Infrastructure, Fortinet Security, Cover the Basics by Shawn E. Tuma
Managing Cybersecurity Risks for Boards of Directors, Ethical Boardroom (p. 116), Winter 2016
Risky Business: Why lawyers need to understand cyber insurance for their clients. Texas Bar Journal, December 2015
Cybersecurity Risk: Law and Trends – A Director’s Duties Must Evolve With The Company’s, Ethical Boardroom, Spring 2015
Regular Column, Norse DarkMatters (now defunct)
Practical Cyber Law: Why the Standard of Care Requires Lawyers to Have a Basic Understanding of Cyber Insurance, Volume 3 Summer 2015 Edition of Circuits, a publication of the Computer & Technology Section of the State Bar of Texas
Practical Cyber Law: Yes, Even Your Clients May Face Cyber Risk Issues, Volume 3: Winter 2015 Edition of Circuits, a publication of the Computer & Technology Section of the State Bar of Texas
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act 101, Texas Lawyer, Dec. 19, 2011

Law Review Articles

If Your Heart Skips a Beat, It May Have Been Hacked: CyberSecurity Concerns with Implanted Medical Devices, The South Carolina Law Review, Volume 67, Number 3, Spring 2016 (co-authored by John G. Browning & Shawn E. Tuma)
In Search of the Golden Mean: Examining the Impact of the President’s Proposed Changes to the CFAA on Combatting Insider Misuse, SMU Science & Technology Law Review, 18 SMU Sci. & Tech. L. Rev. Number 1, Spring 2015
“What Does CFAA Mean and Why Should I Care?” A Primer on the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act for Civil Litigators, The South Carolina Law Review, Volume 63, Number 1, Autumn 2011 (DOWNLOAD .pdf)
Law in Texas Literature: Texas Justice—Judge Roy Bean Style, The Review of Litigation, Volume 21, Number 3
Contracting Over the Internet in Texas, Baylor Law Review, Volume 52, Number 2
Municipalities & The Internet: A Few Legal Issues, Thurgood Marshall Law Review, Volume 27, Number 1
It Ain’t Over ‘Til . . . A Post Y-2K Analysis of Y2K Litigation & Legislation, Texas Tech Law Review, Volume 31, Book IV
Preserving Liberty: United States v. Printz and the Vigilant Defense of Federalism, Regent University Law Review, Volume 10, Number 1

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