In July of this year, the SEC approved new cybersecurity disclosure rules for public companies, titled “Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure by Public Companies.” The regulations require companies that are subject to...
In a world that heavily relies on technology, the threat of a malicious cyber attack is always on the table; and it’s not just individual citizens who are at risk. According to Forrester, 95% of breached records came from three core industries: government,...
The reality of cloud computing has been around since about 2006 when Amazon and Google began to use the term in widespread campaigns. In that time, it has grown in popularity to the point that 3.6 billion people users now use this format. In fact, 97% of all...
The “cloud” has become a fixture in our society since it became mainstream in the early 2000s. Cloud computing can be used for nearly everything: backup and recovery (e.g. Dropbox), communication (Skype, WhatsApp), productivity (Microsoft Office 365, Google Docs),...
In 2015, 21st Century Oncology, the largest global provider of integrated cancer care services, experienced a data breach that affected more than 2.2 million patients and employees. In December 2017, the company agreed to pay a $2.3 million fine to the Department of...
In Parts 1 and 2 of this series, we’ve chronicled the fight between LabMD and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), a large Federal agency charged with protecting consumers from unfair practices. In this article, we examine a recent FTC decision and a subsequent holding...
