Tag Archives: Data breach

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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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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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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No Standing for Fear of Future Harm: Another Consumer Data Breach Class Action Dismissed

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas dismissed a class action data breach lawsuit filed by Beverly T. Peters against St. Joseph Services Corp. The reason is familiar in consumer class action data breach cases: fear from the heightened risk of future identity theft or fraud from a data breach does not give …

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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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Will Changes to the CFAA Deter Hackers? | Norse DarkMatters

Read my latest post on Norse’s DarkMatters: Will Changes to the CFAA Deter Hackers?  

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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Three Takeaways from the Target Data Breach Ruling – Norse DarkMatters

Read my latest post on Norse’s DarkMatters: Three Takeaways from the Target Data Breach Ruling