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Profiles in Leadership: Vlad Brodsky

Data Breach Today

OTC Markets CISO on Ransomware, Regulations Affecting the Financial Services Space OTC Markets Group in recent years has gone from having almost sector-specific cybersecurity regulations to highly robust ones, said CISO Vlad Brodsky.

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Market Leading Cybersecurity and National Security Lawyers David Lashway and John Woods Join Sidley in Washington, D.C.

Data Matters

. – Sidley announced today that David Lashway and John Woods have joined as partners in the firm’s Privacy and Cybersecurity practice in Washington, D.C. Mr. Lashway and Mr. Woods join Sidley from Baker McKenzie where they started and led the global cybersecurity practice group for over 10 years. political parties. political parties.

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U.S., U.K. Sanction 7 Men Tied to Trickbot Hacking Group

Krebs on Security

Authorities in the United States and United Kingdom today levied financial sanctions against seven men accused of operating “ Trickbot ,” a cybercrime-as-a-service platform based in Russia that has enabled countless ransomware attacks and bank account takeovers since its debut in 2016.

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NY Attorney General Announces Record Number of Data Breach Notices in 2016

Hunton Privacy

On March 21, 2017, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced that the New York Office of the Attorney General received over 1,300 data breach notifications in 2016, a 60 percent increase from 2015. The reported breaches led to the exposure of personal information of 1.6 million New York residents.

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DataGuidance by OneTrust Speak to William Long About Data Protection Issues in the Financial Sector

Data Matters

William Long, partner and global co-leader of at Sidley’s Privacy and Cybersecurity practice, and has been working on global data privacy and information security matters for a number of years. Read the Full Interview.

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Episode 247: Into the AppSec Trenches with Robinhood CSO Caleb Sima

The Security Ledger

Paul speaks with Caleb Sima, the CSO of the online trading platform Robinhood, about his journey from teenage cybersecurity phenom and web security pioneer, to successful entrepreneur to an executive in the trenches of protecting high value financial services firms from cyberattacks. Read the whole entry. »

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New York Announces Proposed Cybersecurity Regulation to Protect Consumers and Financial Institutions

Hunton Privacy

The proposed regulation requires regulated financial institutions to take various actions, including: adopting a written cybersecurity policy; establishing a cybersecurity program; designating a Chief Information Security Officer to oversee and enforce its new program and policy; and.