Shawn Tuma provided the Texas Bar Journal’s 2022: The Year In Review – Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Update which addressed the following issues: updated Texas cyber event notification requirements for Texas state banks Texas AG enforcement of data protection laws federal and state hacking laws former owner of company accessing company network attorney immunity for…
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Shawn Tuma Provided Texas Bar Journal 2021 Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Year in Review Update
Shawn Tuma provided the Texas Bar Journal’s 2021: The Year In Review – Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Update which addressed the following issues: updated Texas data breach notification requirements federal and state hacking laws whistleblower claims for reporting cybersecurity deficiencies within an organization authority of consent for search warrants and password protected devices Read more…
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StopRansomware.gov – the U.S. Government’s One-Stop Resource for Ransomware
The U.S. Government has launched a new resource to help combat the ransomware pandemic. Below is the relevant information it has shared: The U.S. Government launched a new website to help public and private organizations defend against the rise in ransomware cases. StopRansomware.gov is a whole-of-government approach that gives one central location for ransomware resources…
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Ransomware Attacks! The 5 Best Practices the White House Urges all Businesses to Take to Mitigate Them
The threat of ransomware attacks against all American businesses is so great that on June 2, 2021, the White House issued a memo to all corporate executives and business leaders with the subject “What We Urge You To Do To Protect Against The Threat of Ransomware.” This is the first time such a memo has ever been…
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Shawn Tuma Provided Texas Bar Journal 2020 Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Update
Shawn Tuma provided the Texas Bar Journal’s 2020 year-end Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Update which addressed the following issues: online impersonation hacking laws authority of consent for search warrants and password protected devices ransomware attacks Read more here (LINK / PDF DOWNLOAD). Check out these articles: 2 Critical Cyber Insurance Issues All Companies Must Consider…
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Think your company is too sophisticated to be hit with a successful cyber attack? Ask FireEye …
A lot of business executives — and far too many IT professionals — think that their company’s IT systems are too sophisticated and well-maintained for their company to have a successful cyberattack against it. They think their company is doing it all right and this is only the kind of stuff that happens to “the…
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Think your company is too sophisticated to be hit with a ransomware attack? Ask Advantech …
A lot of business executives — and far too many IT professionals — think that their company’s IT systems are too sophisticated and well-maintained for their company to have a successful ransomware attack against it. They think their company is doing it all right and this is only the kind of stuff that happens to…
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What Can Happen if You Do Not Notify Following a Data Breach?
Here is one of the questions we get asked most often: “Ok, so we’ve had a real data breach and you say we have clear notification obligations, what can happen if we just ignore it and pretend it never happened — that is, we just don’t notify?” Unfortunately, this question is oftentimes coupled with this…
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Texas Bar Journal 2019 Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Update
The Texas Bar Journal’s 2019 year-end Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Update was once again provided by Shawn Tuma and addressed the following issues: Texas’ New Data Breach Notification Requirements effective January 1, 2020 Whether website scraping allegations are sufficient to invoke Texas and federal “hacking” laws Whether viewing pictures on another’s cellphone violates Texas “hacking” law Cyber…
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Think your company’s IT is too sophisticated to be hit with a ransomware attack? Think again.
A lot of business executives — and far too many IT professionals — think that their company’s IT systems are too sophisticated and well-maintained for their company to have a successful ransomware attack against it. They think their company is doing it all right and this is only the kind of stuff that happens to…
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