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California Expected to Join Illinois in Regulating Genetic Data

Sarah Anderson

Sep 9, 2020
3 min

California Expected to Join Illinois in Regulating Genetic Data

Companies like Ancestry, 23andMe, and MyMedLab need to pay attention. Poised for its Governor’s signature, California’s SB-980 entitled...

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Sarah Anderson

Sep 1, 2020
2 min

BEWARE THE BOTNETS

More companies are making remote work a permanent status. With the initial push to remote work necessitated by COVID-19 and then...

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Sarah Anderson

Aug 27, 2020
4 min

A CYBER LAW WIN FOR BANKING!

After years of bad press, banking giant Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. ("Wells Fargo") received a small reprieve in the United States District...

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Sarah Anderson

Aug 21, 2020
3 min

DO NOT LIE TO THE FTC

On August 20, 2020, 52-year-old former Chief Security Officer (“CSO”) for Uber Technologies Inc. (“Uber”) Joseph Sullivan was charged...

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DATA BREACH METRICS FROM 2019 TO 2020: Overall Decrease in Cost, but Increase in Cost for Healthcare

Sarah Anderson

Aug 14, 2020
3 min

DATA BREACH METRICS FROM 2019 TO 2020: Overall Decrease in Cost, but Increase in Cost for Healthcare

Published by IBM Security, the Ponemon Institute released its 2020 Data Breach Report, which unsurprisingly a marked increase in the...

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4 LESSONS FROM THE IN RE SOLARA MED. SUPPLIES CASE AND DATA BREACH

Sarah Anderson

Aug 9, 2020
4 min

4 LESSONS FROM THE IN RE SOLARA MED. SUPPLIES CASE AND DATA BREACH

A United States District Court again allows a lawsuit seeking to hold a commercial data breach victim accountable for its potential role...

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Business Identity Theft: Risks and Prevention

Sarah Anderson

Aug 3, 2020
3 min

Business Identity Theft: Risks and Prevention

Cyber criminals steal business identities, increasingly targeting recently defunct entities that perished in the pandemic. Business...

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CYBERSECURITY CASE WATCH – BESSEMER v. FISERV

Sarah Anderson

Aug 1, 2020
4 min

CYBERSECURITY CASE WATCH – BESSEMER v. FISERV

Despite the immature procedural history, Bessemer v. Fiserv is fascinating expose of possible legal liabilities when a MSP/MSSP allegedly...

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The Biggest Lesson from the Twitter Breach

Sarah Anderson

Jul 27, 2020
3 min

The Biggest Lesson from the Twitter Breach

On July 15, 2020, approximately 130 Twitter accounts were “hacked” by bad actors who gained control of the accounts and sent tweets on...

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Sarah Anderson

Jul 24, 2020
3 min

Schrems II and the Future of Privacy

By Brandon M. Stevens, Attorney, CIPP/US, CIPP/E, CIPM Contributing Writer On July 16, Austrian lawyer and privacy activist Max Schrems...

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TikTok Warnings Continue to Stack Up: Private Industry must take Precautions

Sarah Anderson

Jul 15, 2020
3 min

TikTok Warnings Continue to Stack Up: Private Industry must take Precautions

For anyone living under a rock, TikTok is a Chinese video-sharing social network platform. Used by millions of people across the world,...

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THE EARN IT ACT – The Debate Over S.3398

Sarah Anderson

Jul 11, 2020
4 min

THE EARN IT ACT – The Debate Over S.3398

Before considering the content and lawfulness of S. 3398, Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of...

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SIMPLE WAYS TO PREVENT CYBER ATTACKS AGAINST HOSPITALS (and get an attorney to help you)

Sarah Anderson

Jul 6, 2020
3 min

SIMPLE WAYS TO PREVENT CYBER ATTACKS AGAINST HOSPITALS (and get an attorney to help you)

Droves of nameless and faceless hackers attack the U.S. healthcare industry every day. According to alerts from the United States...

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NDAA FY21 - CYBERSECURITY WITH A NATIONAL GUARD AND THREAT HUNTING FOCUS

Sarah Anderson

Jul 6, 2020
1 min

NDAA FY21 - CYBERSECURITY WITH A NATIONAL GUARD AND THREAT HUNTING FOCUS

On June 23, 2020, the amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act for FY21 were finally revealed. The NDAA makes cyber...

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Sarah Anderson

Jul 1, 2020
3 min

UNPREPARED FOR THE DEEPFAKE?

Individuals, businesses, and governments are unprepared for the coming wave of deepfake attacks by malicious cyber criminals. For the...

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BEWARE THE CYBERSECURITY “KNOW-IT-ALL” AND 5 TIPS FOR SPOTTING THEM

Sarah Anderson

Jun 28, 2020
4 min

BEWARE THE CYBERSECURITY “KNOW-IT-ALL” AND 5 TIPS FOR SPOTTING THEM

Whether working in law, the c-suite, government, or at the help-desk – any cybersecurity or INFOSEC professional brandishing a...

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TWO NEW U.S. GOVT. EFFORTS TO COMBAT CYBER-CRIME

Sarah Anderson

Jun 24, 2020
3 min

TWO NEW U.S. GOVT. EFFORTS TO COMBAT CYBER-CRIME

Again addressing a major issue that is kick-starting this decade, the U.S. Government continues its efforts to effectively combat...

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Victims of BlueLeaks: Don’t Rush to the Courthouse

Sarah Anderson

Jun 23, 2020
3 min

Victims of BlueLeaks: Don’t Rush to the Courthouse

Every INFOSEC nerd who read Brian Krebs’s June 22, 2020 article about the “Hundreds of thousands of potentially sensitive files from...

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Dark Web Investigators – A Potentially Worthy Investment

Sarah Anderson

Jun 21, 2020
3 min

Dark Web Investigators – A Potentially Worthy Investment

According to Robert Mueller, former director of the FBI, “there are two types of companies: Those who know they have been hacked & those...

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Finding Room for Artificial Intelligence Within HIPAA

Sarah Anderson

Jun 17, 2020
4 min

Finding Room for Artificial Intelligence Within HIPAA

Artificial intelligence is transforming medicine. According to two recent studies published in Nature Medicine and Cell, artificial...

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SUGGESTIONS?

California Expected to Join Illinois in Regulating Genetic Data

BEWARE THE BOTNETS

A CYBER LAW WIN FOR BANKING!

DO NOT LIE TO THE FTC

DATA BREACH METRICS FROM 2019 TO 2020: Overall Decrease in Cost, but Increase in Cost for Healthcare

4 LESSONS FROM THE IN RE SOLARA MED. SUPPLIES CASE AND DATA BREACH

Business Identity Theft: Risks and Prevention

CYBERSECURITY CASE WATCH – BESSEMER v. FISERV

The Biggest Lesson from the Twitter Breach

Schrems II and the Future of Privacy

TikTok Warnings Continue to Stack Up: Private Industry must take Precautions

THE EARN IT ACT – The Debate Over S.3398

SIMPLE WAYS TO PREVENT CYBER ATTACKS AGAINST HOSPITALS (and get an attorney to help you)

NDAA FY21 - CYBERSECURITY WITH A NATIONAL GUARD AND THREAT HUNTING FOCUS

UNPREPARED FOR THE DEEPFAKE?

BEWARE THE CYBERSECURITY “KNOW-IT-ALL” AND 5 TIPS FOR SPOTTING THEM

TWO NEW U.S. GOVT. EFFORTS TO COMBAT CYBER-CRIME

Victims of BlueLeaks: Don’t Rush to the Courthouse

Dark Web Investigators – A Potentially Worthy Investment

Finding Room for Artificial Intelligence Within HIPAA

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