June 14, 2022
Blog, Insights & Impact Business Blog, The Privacy Hacks
Takeaway: Federal agencies will need to consider the five-step assessment process to get authorization from CISA before operating with 5G technology. As the adoption of 5G technology by many private and public organizations approaches, assessments are being put in place to evaluate whether federal agencies can operate with 5G technology.... Read More
June 1, 2022
Blog, Insights & Impact Business Blog, The Privacy Hacks
By:
Christopher A. Iacono
Takeaway: While the current patchwork of state consumer privacy laws is complex, there are consumer rights and business obligations that are common to all of the laws. An awareness of these key concepts will help make it easier for compliance. Without a comprehensive federal privacy law, consumer privacy has been... Read More
May 19, 2022
Blog, Insights & Impact Business Blog, The Privacy Hacks
By:
Christopher A. Iacono
Takeaway: The new Better Cybercrime Metrics Act will help the federal government track, measure, analyze, and prosecute cybercrime. On May 6, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Better Cybercrime Metrics Act.[1] This Act encourages local law enforcement to report incidents of cybercrime to the FBI to build a database of... Read More
May 12, 2022
Blog, Insights & Impact Business Blog, The Privacy Hacks
Takeaway: Companies need to be vigilant about feeding their machines clean data to avoid hackers poisoning their networks. Artificial intelligence is everywhere: from facial recognition technology to weather forecasting. As we get better at training computers to become more sophisticated with prediction models, hackers are developing stealthier methods to poison... Read More
May 3, 2022
Blog, Insights & Impact Business Blog, The Privacy Hacks
By:
Christopher A. Iacono
Takeaway: Uncertainties over threats of cyberattacks resulted in both the House and Senate passing CIRCIA, which created an opportunity for whistleblowers to come forward under the False Claims Act with information about agencies and contractors failing to report cybersecurity breaches in a timely manner. Following CIRCIA, Congress voted to pass the Better Cybercrime Metrics Act to help analyze the effectiveness of cybercrime... Read More
April 13, 2022
Blog, Insights & Impact Business Blog, The Privacy Hacks
By:
Quintin DiLucente
Takeaway: In the wake of a data breach, a class of Plaintiffs whose personal and/or financial information is disseminated to third parties all share the same concern – the risk of future harm. But in order for these Plaintiffs to have standing to sue over the wrongful dissemination of their... Read More
April 5, 2022
Blog, Insights & Impact Business Blog, The Privacy Hacks
Takeaway: With increasing numbers of cybersecurity attacks, foreign and domestic, organizations are even more likely to experience some kind of data breach threat this year. Knowing what that threat looks like, allows organizations to arm themselves against these eminent attacks and to implement policy regulations in time to prevent absolute... Read More
March 31, 2022
Blog, Insights & Impact Business Blog, The Privacy Hacks
Takeaway: CISA’s Shield Up Guidance Emphasizes Incident Response Planning With the specter of an expanding war in Europe, the threat of cyber retaliation by Russia, or Russian-sponsored actors, is increased. In response, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (“CISA”) released its Shields Up Guidance to help organizations and supply chains... Read More
February 22, 2022
Blog, Insights & Impact Business Blog, The Privacy Hacks
By:
Christopher A. Iacono
, Quintin DiLucente
Takeaway: With the surge of data and cybersecurity breaches, corporate directors and officers have become targets for shareholder derivative lawsuits. Fortunately, there are procedural measures that directors and officers can put in place in order to mitigate the risk of litigation. The standard in shareholder derivative actions is based off... Read More
January 25, 2022
Blog, Insights & Impact Business Blog, The Privacy Hacks
Takeaway: Organizations of all types and sizes should actively manage exposure to loss due to the Log4j vulnerability. Doing so will not be easy. The Log4j program is present in so many applications that the magnitude of the issue is unlike any other. Following CISA guidance and adherence to a... Read More
