HL Chronicle of Data Protection

MAY 13, 2019

In the past two years, multiple state bills that have been introduced in the US to provide for cybersecurity requirements and standards to the insurance sector, with recent legislative activity taking place in particular within the States of Ohio, South Carolina, and Michigan. NYDFS: Setting a new bar for state cybersecurity regulation.

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Data Matters

MARCH 12, 2019

Of particular note, the Safeguards Rule NPRM proposes to align the FTC’s requirements with those of the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”), as found in its cybersecurity regulations, and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”), as found in its insurance data security model law.

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HL Chronicle of Data Protection

MARCH 14, 2019

The proposed Rule will also require multi-factor authentication for any individual accessing customer information, but, unlike the NYDFS which imposed a similar requirement in the Cybersecurity Regulation, the FTC declined to endorse text messages as a permitted second factor.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Not long afterwards, in about the 2010 time frame, IAM vendors first arrived on the scene, including Optimal IdM, Centrify, Okta and CyberArk, followed by many others. The IAM vendors took single sign-on to the next level, adding multi-factor authentication and other functionalities.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 11, 2023

The concept of zero trust has been around since 2010, when Forrester Research analyst John Kindervag created the zero trust security model. The only exception, it seems, has been cloud service providers, who boast an enviable record when it comes to cybersecurity, thanks to rigorous security practices like Google’s continuous patching.

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Hunton Privacy

MARCH 8, 2019

The proposed changes would add more detailed requirements on how financial institutions must protect customer information. Notably, the proposed amendments would require covered financial institutions to encrypt all customer data held or transmitted by the institution both in transit over external networks and at rest.

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