Tag Archives: Digital Information Law

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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The Art of Cybersecurity: How Sun Tzu Masterminded the FireEye / US Agencies / SolarWinds Cyberattacks

Sun Tzu taught that, when it comes to the art of cybersecurity, you must be wary of your business partners and other third parties. Why?Unless you are living under a rock, you should have heard that FireEye–perhaps the preeminent cybersecurity firm on the face of the planet–was the victim of a successful cyberattack. So were …

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Cybersecurity Legal Issues: What you really need to know (slides)

Shawn Tuma delivered the presentation Cybersecurity Legal Issues: What you really need to know at a Cybersecurity Summit sponsored by the Tarleton State University School of Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Strategic Studies’ Institute for Homeland Security, Cybercrime and International Criminal Justice. The presentation was on September 13, 2016 at the George Bush Institue. The following are the slides …

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Brazzers porn hack: more than just account holders exposed–what does this mean for your company?

We have been observing an evolution in hackers’ tactics from going after data that could be directly monetized, such as payment card data, to going after data that can be monetized indirectly through extortion, such as the Ashley Madison data. The hack of Brazzers porn site is similar to the Ashley Madison hack in that the …

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D CEO Magazine: Why Cybercriminals Are Targeting Law Firms

Many thanks to attorney and legal scholar extraordinaire John G. Browning (@therealjohnbrow) for quoting Shawn Tuma in his article in this month’s D CEO magazine: Why Cybercriminals Are Targeting Law Firms. Please read the full article to hear Tuma’s advice to John’s questions of why law firms often have poor(er) cybersecurity and what law firms can …

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Computer Use Policies – Are Your Company’s Illegal According to the NLRB?

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has continued its assault on businesses and their ability to legitimately protect their computer systems and information against unauthorized non-business use by employees. A few weeks ago, I wrote 3 Important Points on Computer Policies in which I stressed (1) why your company must have them but (2) that …

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Cyber Law Update on #DtSR Podcast with Los, Santarcangelo and Tuma

Listen to the Podcast   /   Join the #DtSR Discussion on Twitter Shawn Tuma was a guest the Down the Security Rabbithole podcast where he and hosts Rafal Los (@Wh1t3Rabbit) and Michael Santarcangelo (@Catalyst) discussed recent events in the world of cyber law. For more great #DtSR content, check out the full Down the Security Rabbithole podcast …

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Three Takeaways from the Target Data Breach Ruling

Note: this article was previously posted on Norse’s DarkMatters. In December 2014, the Court in the Target data breach lawsuits issued a ruling that will impact the future course of data breach litigation (the Order). In the Order, the Court identified multiple distinct data security duties that Target, as well as other companies, owe their …

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The Nature of Cybersecurity and Strategies for Unprecedented Cyber Attacks

What is foreseeable is that cyber attacks often are not. A few years ago the Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) hack turned on its head the business world that was already trying to come to grips with the Target, Home Depot, Neiman Marcus, and many other data breaches. There was one thing about the SPE breach …

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DFW Cybersecurity Attorney Shawn Tuma Named to D Magazine’s 2016 Best Lawyers List

Shawn Tuma, Cybersecurity & Data Protection Partner at Scheef & Stone, L.L.P., has earned selection to D Magazine’s 2016 listing of the Best Lawyers in Dallas based on his expertise in cybersecurity, privacy, and data protection where he was one of only eleven lawyers selected for the Digital Information Law category. Here is Shawn’s individual listing. Shawn was also named …

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