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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Cybersecurity and Privacy in State of the Union Address
Posted in Children, Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Breach Notification, Data Compliance & Security, Legislation, Privacy Regulation, SecurityAs expected in his State of the Union address last night, President Obama made it very clear that cybersecurity is on his agenda for 2015. After stating that: “No foreign nation, no hacker should be able to shut down our networks, steal our trade secrets or invade the privacy of American families, especially our kids,”… Continue Reading
Privacy Monday – January 12, 2015
Posted in Cybersecurity, Data Breach Notification, Data Compliance & Security, Employee Privacy, Federal Trade Commission, Legislation, Privacy Monday, Privacy Regulation, SecurityThree privacy/security stories that you should know as you start your week: President Obama to Offer Cybersecurity/Privacy Previews to State of the Union Proposals In a series of speeches this week, President Obama will preview important issues to appear in his January 20th State of the Union address. A White House official said… Continue Reading
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
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
Cybersecurity in the 113th Congress
Posted in Data Breach, Data Breach Notification, Legislation, Privacy Regulation, SecurityThe 113th Congress will bring new leadership to the House Homeland Security Committee and the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committees — all responsible for cybersecurity issues. President Obama is expected to release an Executive Order (based on the draft circulated in late November 2012) very soon, perhaps before the State of the Union… Continue Reading
