Companies must be prepared for a data breach. It is just a fact of life, plain and simple. The developing standard of care requires that companies give some thought to how they will respond when the inevitable occurs — and they really, really, really should have a written Incident Response Plan in place. This is part…
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Cybersecurity & Data Breach: You Don’t Drown From Falling Into the Water
“You don’t drown from falling into the water, you drown from not getting out.” Think about that — and think about how that applies to cyber security and data breach issues facing companies in today’s cyber world. Here, in my first ever video blog post, I explain this issue with more detail.
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Really??? Proposed legislation would allow companies to keep some data breaches secret
Let me make sure I have this right … the same company officials who are currently being warned about cyber risk but are not finding it significant enough to act are going to be the ones who determine whether there is a reasonable chance that customers will be harmed — from their data breach —…
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Excellent information and great company: check out AllClear ID’s “Resources” page
I have always been a fan of AllClear ID for being the best of the best at handling breach response logistics but now, I have to give them a shoutout for another reason. AllClear has a Resources page with some of the very best and most well-respected law firm blogs in the world. While I am…
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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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Executives & Board: The conversation security leaders need to have about Amy Pascal’s departure
This is an excellent article that covers a very important topic you need to consider. You — as in Executives and Board Members of Companies all around the world. Stop, close your eyes, and ask yourself these three questions that are in this article: “What did you think of the announcement?” (i.e., put yourself in…
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Happy Data Privacy Day!
What are you doing to observe it? Today is Data Privacy Day! If you have been wondering “what is Data Privacy Day?” then this is your lucky day because not only is today Data Privacy Day, but here is the answer and an explanation for why it really matters to you and your company’s future…
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Update/Clarification: Washington AG Seeks Data Breach Law That Ends Blanket Exemption for Encrypted Data
This update/clarification post explains how the proposed Washington state data breach notification law is really treating encrypted data and how it may actually be expanding the data breach safe harbor exceptions under that law.
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Platform Magazine Quotes Tuma Discussing CyberGard: The Public Relations Side of a Data Breach
Thank you to Platform Magazine for quoting me discussing the PR component of my CyberGard – Business Cyber Risk Protection Program in this forward thinking article about the value of getting public relations on board before your company has a data breach. In a recent post I explained why a data breach response must focus on the…
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