President Obama today signed an Executive Order granting authority to the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) to impose sanctions on individuals and entities determined to be “responsible for or complicit in malicious cyber-enabled activities” that result in harms “reasonably likely to result in, or have materially contributed to, a significant threat… Continue Reading
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D.C. Developments on the Cybersecurity Front – UPDATE
Posted in CybersecurityWritten by Cynthia Larose and Heidi Lawson UPDATE: The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence passed the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) this afternoon. The vote was 18 in favor and two (Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)) against. For more information, read The Hill. The last 24 hours have seen… Continue Reading
DataGuidance: Cynthia Larose on Cybersecurity Framework
Posted in Data Compliance & SecurityAs published in DataGuidance USA: New cybersecurity framework has far-reaching effects on US economy President Obama issued – on 12 February 2013 – the long-awaited Executive Order entitled ‘Improving Infrastructure Cybersecurity’ (the Order), alongside Presidential Policy Directive/PPD 21, to establish a nation-wide ‘Cybersecurity Framework’ and ‘enhance the security and resilience of the Nation’s critical infrastructure’…. Continue Reading
Detailed Summary of Cybersecurity Executive Order
Posted in Privacy Regulation, SecurityOur colleagues in our Washington, DC office have prepared a detailed summary of the President’s Cybersecurity Executive Order. Read Summary of Final Cybersecurity Executive Order
President Signs Cybersecurity Executive Order
Posted in Data Compliance & Security, Security“America must … face the rapidly growing threat from cyber-attacks. Now, we know hackers steal people’s identities and infiltrate private emails. We know foreign countries and companies swipe our corporate secrets. Now our enemies are also seeking the ability to sabotage our power grid, our financial institutions, our air traffic control systems. We cannot look back… Continue Reading
