Data Matters

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

On February 4, 2021, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) issued Circular Letter No. This includes not only recruitment of those with cybersecurity experience and skills but a commitment by insurers to these employees’ training and development so as to “properly understand and evaluate cyber risk.”. 1 See W.B.

Insurance 79

Insurance Financial Services Cybersecurity Risk 79

Data Matters

AUGUST 19, 2020

On July 21, 2020, the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS or the Department) issued a statement of charges and notice of hearing (the Statement) against First American Title Insurance Company (First American) for violations of the Department’s Cybersecurity Requirements for Financial Services Companies, 23 N.Y.C.R.R.

Financial Services 68

Financial Services Cybersecurity Insurance Risk 68

IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 10, 2024

Hybrid cloud has become the dominant approach for enterprise cloud strategies , but it comes with complexity and concerns over integration, security and skills. Hybrid cloud is also forcing a significant rethinking of how to secure and protect data and assets.

Security 76

Security Cloud Data Privacy Financial Services 76

Data Matters

MARCH 28, 2022

OCR concludes most cyber-attacks could be prevented or substantially mitigated if HIPAA covered entities and business associates implemented HIPAA Security Rule requirements to address the most common types of attacks. implement a security awareness and training program for all workforce members pursuant to the HIPAA Security Rule.

Cybersecurity 88

Cybersecurity Privacy Insurance Risk 88

Data Protection Report

AUGUST 2, 2022

In our previous publication , we discussed the legal obligations and procedural considerations surrounding maintaining records of privacy incidents. Organizations should also be aware of sector-specific statutory obligations which may apply to them, for example in health or financial services industries.

Compliance 137

Compliance Privacy Risk Financial Services 137

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

From the very beginning of the cloud computing era, security has been the biggest concern among enterprises considering the public cloud. In addition, 95 percent of survey respondents confirmed that they are extremely to moderately concerned about public cloud security. What is cloud security?

Cloud 116

Cloud Security Encryption Risk 116

Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

On November 1, 2023, New York Governor Hochul announced that the New York State Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) amended its Cybersecurity Regulation applicable to covered financial institutions. Our previous blog post covered key proposed changes to the Cyber Regulation.

Cybersecurity 72

Cybersecurity IT Compliance Financial Services 72

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

AUGUST 23, 2021

Rather than bringing substantial changes to the existing China data privacy framework, the PIPL helpfully consolidates and clarifies obligations on processing of personal information at a national law level. To be clear, this is not China’s own GDPR.

Data Privacy 111

Data Privacy Privacy Compliance Analytics 111

IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 18, 2023

For organizations of all types—and especially those in highly regulated industries such as financial services, government, healthcare and telco—considerations including the rise of generative AI, evolving regulations and data sovereignty laws and ongoing security challenges must be top of mind.

Cloud 69

Cloud Financial Services Compliance Digital transformation 69

Data Protection Report

DECEMBER 23, 2019

This blogpost summarises our recent webinar: “ An urgent message from Berlin: The importance of record retention in privacy and cybersecurity ”. The authority claimed a violation of data minimisation and privacy by design principles under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). . Why should this be a high priority project?

Privacy 144

Privacy Compliance Personal data Risk 144

IBM Big Data Hub

AUGUST 1, 2023

We are bringing the power of foundation models with the availability of a GPU as a service on IBM Cloud offering to help organizations tap into artificial intelligence (AI) in a secured environment while aiming to mitigate third- and fourth-party risk.

Financial Services 67

Financial Services Computer and Electronics Cloud Digital transformation 67

Data Protection Report

JANUARY 6, 2020

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) will determine the validity of the EU Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) ( Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland Limited, Maximillan Schrems ) whilst the General Court of the EU will consider the future of Privacy Shield (La Quadrature du Net v Commission). In the U.S.,

Privacy 84

Privacy GDPR Data breaches Risk 84

Hunton Privacy

JULY 12, 2021

On June 30, 2021, the New York State Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS,” the “Department”) issued guidance to all New York state regulated entities on ransomware (the “Guidance”), identifying controls it expects regulated companies to implement whenever possible.

Ransomware 102

Ransomware Security Financial Services Cybersecurity 102

Data Matters

MARCH 12, 2019

Over the last few years, States have enacted increasingly aggressive legislation concerning data privacy and security, raising concerns that companies will be subject to a patchwork of different standards. Aligning the Safeguards Rule with State Regimes.

Privacy 68

Privacy IT Information Security Insurance 68

IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 12, 2024

For enterprises dealing with sensitive information, it is vital to maintain state-of-the-art data security in order to reap the rewards,” says Stuart Winter, Executive Chairman and Co-Founder at Lacero Platform Limited, Jamworks and Guardian. . “AI is driving a revolution in education, accessibility and productivity.

Cloud 102

Cloud Data Privacy Encryption Privacy 102

Hunton Privacy

JULY 1, 2022

On June 24, 2022, the New York State Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS” or the “Department”) announced it had entered into a $5 million settlement with Carnival Corp.

Cybersecurity 115

Cybersecurity Insurance Phishing Financial Services 115

The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

IoT devices help remotely control our household appliances, power plants, smart buildings, factories, airports, shipyards, trucks, trains and military. The challenge of the moment is that many companies already have their hands full trying to improve their security posture as they migrate their legacy, on premises, IT systems to the cloud.

IoT 279

IoT Passwords Artificial Intelligence Risk 279

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 20, 2023

This development model enables enterprises to conduct model training and processing directly at the edge or on-premises. This strategy addresses security concerns related to intellectual property and sensitive data in large language models (LLMs). This necessitates a shift in cybersecurity strategies. Gartner has recognized this shift.

Cybersecurity 83

Cybersecurity Blockchain Artificial Intelligence Encryption 83

Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2023

Those who fail to take a proactive approach to secure their data often learn the hard way how vulnerable – and valuable – that data can be. Data sovereignty plays a crucial role in a robust security strategy. When data is sovereign, an organization retains control and ownership over that data.

Compliance 86

Compliance Cybersecurity Risk Encryption 86

The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 30, 2019

Turn the corner into 2019 and we find Citigroup, CapitalOne, Wells Fargo and HSBC Life Insurance among a host of firms hitting the crisis button after their customers’ records turned up on a database of some 24 million financial and banking documents found parked on an Internet-accessible server — without so much as password protection.

Risk 147

Risk Financial Services Insurance Cybersecurity 147

Data Protection Report

JANUARY 6, 2020

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) will determine the validity of the EU Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) ( Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland Limited, Maximillan Schrems ) whilst the General Court of the EU will consider the future of Privacy Shield (La Quadrature du Net v Commission). In the U.S.,

Privacy 52

Privacy GDPR Data breaches Risk 52

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

And breaches will occur – because bad guys make a living by figuring out ways to circumvent security best practices. Prioritize Data Protection The downfall of many security strategies is that they become too general and too thinly spread. But it requires different levels of security.

Data breaches 91

Data breaches Big data Cybersecurity Security 91

IT Governance

AUGUST 26, 2021

Protecting employees’ privacy. For example, financial services firms may be worried about employees breaching insider trading laws. Although monitoring software comes with understandable privacy issues, remember that the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) doesn’t prohibit their use. Preventing data breaches.

Compliance 119

Compliance Data breaches Privacy Risk 119

IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

DL models can improve over time through further training and exposure to more data. HR and internal processes: Conversational AI applications streamline HR operations by addressing FAQs quickly, facilitating smooth and personalized employee onboarding, and enhancing employee training programs. AI training is a continuous process.

Analytics 104

Analytics Artificial Intelligence Marketing Education 104

KnowBe4

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

[link] Spear Phishing Attacks Increase 127% As Use of Impersonation Skyrockets Impersonation of users, domains and brands is on the rise, as is the use of malicious links, in response to security vendors improving their ability to detect malicious attachments. Blog post with links: [link] Are Your Users Making Risky Security Mistakes?

Phishing 81

Phishing Security awareness Compliance Risk 81

Data Protection Report

DECEMBER 23, 2019

This blogpost summarises our recent webinar: “ An urgent message from Berlin: The importance of record retention in privacy and cybersecurity ”. The authority claimed a violation of data minimisation and privacy by design principles under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). . Why should this be a high priority project?

Privacy 52

Privacy Compliance Personal data Risk 52

Data Matters

JUNE 24, 2021

In the Order, the SEC alleges that First American’s disclosures concerning the vulnerability were deficient because senior executives were not provided all available and relevant information, specifically that First American’s information security personnel had identified and failed to remediate the vulnerability months earlier in January 2019.

Cybersecurity 68

Cybersecurity Financial Services Risk Compliance 68

Hunton Privacy

JULY 24, 2020

On Wednesday, July 22, the New York Department of Financial Services (the “NYDFS”) announced that it had filed administrative charges against First American Title Insurance Co. under the NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation , marking the agency’s first enforcement action since the rules went into effect in March 2017. NYCRR 500.14(b):

Cybersecurity 85

Cybersecurity Risk Financial Services Insurance 85

Data Matters

APRIL 20, 2021

The Cybersecurity Guidance is directed at plan sponsors and fiduciaries regulated by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) as well as plan participants and beneficiaries. Online Security Tips for plan participants and beneficiaries. Considerations for Plan Sponsors and Other Fiduciaries.

Cybersecurity 68

Cybersecurity Insurance Risk Compliance 68

IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

But right now, pure AI can be programmed for many tasks that require thought and intelligence , as long as that intelligence can be gathered digitally and used to train an AI system. Generative AI can produce high-quality text, images and other content based on the data used for training. We’re all amazed by what AI can do.

Artificial Intelligence 87

Artificial Intelligence Retail Unstructured data Insurance 87

Data Protection Report

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Although California has recently captured the lion’s share of attention with respect to privacy and security, on October 23, 2019, New York’s amended security breach law goes into effect, and on March 1, 2020, new security safeguards go live (N.Y. Readers may recall that New York’s security breach notification law (N.Y.

Security 40

Security Financial Services Passwords Risk 40

Data Matters

AUGUST 5, 2019

Together, the new laws require the implementation of reasonable data security safeguards, expand breach reporting obligations for certain types of information, and require that a “consumer credit reporting agency” that suffers a data breach provide five years of identity theft prevention services for impacted residents.

Cybersecurity 68

Cybersecurity Data breaches Privacy Risk 68

Data Matters

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Banks are often concerned about the effect of these services on their systems, the commercial value of their data and the security of the information, for which the bank could potentially be held responsible. Security: Consumer data should be accessed, stored, used and distributed securely.

Financial Services 60

Financial Services Privacy Access Marketing 60

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

MARCH 14, 2019

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued notices on March 5 seeking public comment on proposed amendments to the regulations implementing the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (“GLBA”), commonly known as the Safeguards Rule and Privacy Rule. It includes general, high level elements of a security program, but lacks detailed security steps.

Privacy 40

Privacy Risk Cybersecurity Information Security 40

Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Today, more than 120 countries have privacy and data protection laws or regulations in place. This comprehensive data privacy law wave has already reached parts of Latin America and the Caribbean. As with all posts, this article is for your informational purposes only; Sidley Austin does not have offices in or practice law in Barbados.

Personal data 68

Personal data GDPR Data Privacy Privacy 68

Krebs on Security

MARCH 23, 2020

According to Farsight Security , a company that keeps historic records of which Web sites were hosted at which Internet addresses, Weblistingsinc.org was for a while hosted at the IP address 68.169.45.65 Information about who registered Webtechnologiesletter.com is completely hidden behind privacy protection services.

Sales 256

Sales Marketing Financial Services IT 256

Data Matters

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

The review aimed to look more closely at how wholesale banking and asset management firms oversee and manage their cybersecurity, including the extent to which firms identify and mitigate relevant cyber risks and their current capability to respond to and recover from data security incidents.

Cybersecurity 68

Cybersecurity Risk Marketing Financial Services 68