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New York Enacts Stricter Data Cybersecurity Laws

Data Matters

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.

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U.S. states pass data protection laws on the heels of the GDPR

Data Protection Report

These new and amended state data breach laws expand the definition of personal information and specifically mandate that certain information security requirements are implemented. On June 2, 2018, Oregon’s amended data breach notification and information security laws went into effect. State Laws Round Up: .

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GDPR is upon us: are you ready for what comes next?

Data Protection Report

If your organization is a social network, mobile app, a service offered to children, driverless cars, big data analytics, or an advertising company, the European Commission has shown an explicit interest in how people’s information is protected from those industries—no matter where it is sent, processed or stored—even outside the EU.

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An Approach to Cybersecurity Risk Oversight for Corporate Directors

Data Matters

A high-profile cyber incident may cause substantial financial and reputational losses to an organization, including the disruption of corporate business processes, destruction or theft of critical data assets, loss of goodwill, and shareholder and consumer litigation. Managing digital identities. Encrypting critical data assets.

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Network Security Architecture: Best Practices & Tools

eSecurity Planet

Perimeter security tools include: Firewalls: Filter traffic and monitor access based upon firewall rules and policies for the network, network segment, or assets protected by different types of firewalls. Perimeter Defense Perimeter defense blocks threats at the network’s edge.

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FTC Publishes Red Flags Rule Compliance Guide; Confirms Broad Interpretation of the Rule

Hunton Privacy

” The guide applies to creditors and certain financial institutions (such as state-chartered credit unions and mutual funds that offer accounts with check-writing privileges) that are subject to the FTC’s jurisdiction and addresses the provision of the Rule that requires implementation of an Identity Theft Prevention Program. .”