Examining the Global Impact of AI + Cyber + Data + Privacy + Law = Business Risk
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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I am really looking forward to delivering the Keynote Address at the International Association of Insurance Professionals IAIP DFW NAIW Week event on May 12, 2015. My address, which will follow 2 hours of CE/CLE education on Cyber Liability, is titled Cyber Risk Reality Check but, the more I think about it, perhaps it should be …
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 …
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 …
I really appreciate the #DtSR Gang [Rafal Los (@Wh1t3Rabbit), James Jardine (@JardineSoftware), and Michael Santarcangelo (@Catalyst)] inviting me to tag along for another episode of the Down the Security Rabbit Hole podcast. In this episode we discuss the following: Traveler’s Insurance files suit against a web development company for failing to provide adequate security, resulting …
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Read my latest post on Norse’s DarkMatters: Will Changes to the CFAA Deter Hackers?
Sitting in the Miami airport at 5:00 am I am reading news updates on the #SonyHack and a thought just occurred to me: Previously, many of us preaching the “you better take your company’s security seriously” message to the C-Suites have been wondering if it would take a court decision finding C-Levels or Board members …
“The proof is in the pudding,” goes the old saying. When it comes to organizational changes companies make following a data breach, If the proof is in the pudding, then the verdict is clear: companies should hire a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) before they have a data breach. Why? According to this article in …
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Sun Tzu taught that, when it comes to the art of cybersecurity, you must be wary of your business associates and other third parties. Why? Have you heard that Home Depot had a data breach? That hackers were able to exfiltrate 56 million payment cards and 53 million customer email addresses from its systems? Did …
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This is one of my favorite and my most popular posts ever — and you better believe I will find a way to mention it to this group of CEOs to help them understand why it is important to take seriously the data security threat! Data Breach – Who’s Gonna Get It? | business cyber …
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