Guides & Checklists
- Bloomberg Law – Texas Privacy & Data Security Law, Shawn Tuma is the Texas Practitioner Editor
- Guide to Responding to Data Breaches and Reporting Cybersecurity Incidents to Law Enforcement and Governmental Agencies
- Guide to Computer Hacking Laws in Texas: Federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and Texas Computer Crimes Laws
- The #CyberAvengers Playbook
- Guide to Cybersecurity for Your Law Firm
- Checklist – Cybersecurity Incident Response
- Checklist – Good Cyber Hygiene
- Checklist – Managing Third-Party Risk in Cybersecurity
- Texas Business Guide: Identifying and Protecting Trade Secrets Under the (New) Texas Uniform Trade Secrets Act (2015)
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
- Protecting the Privacy of Our Thoughts from Brain Scanning Technology, SecureWorld
- 2023 Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Update, Texas Bar Journal (January 2024)
- 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
