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Will you meet the new cybersecurity vendor management requirements? ATTORNEY ADVERTISING

March 1 is upon us, now what? The deadline for the NY Department of Financial Services’ “first of its kind” cyber regulation has arrived for financial services institutions to implement programs that properly evaluate and manage the data security risks posed by their vendors. To manage these risks, institutions must go beyond the traditional vendor management function and far deeper...

Cybersecurity and Data Privacy review and update: Looking back on 2018 and planning ahead for 2019

From the implementation of the GDPR to the passage of the CCPA, the year 2018 proved to be a monumental one for cybersecurity and data privacy. Regulators from around the world responded to devastating, large-scale cyber-attacks, and a desire for their citizens to have more control over their data, by passing a wide range of regulations aimed at protecting consumer information. These...

Updata – Your quarterly privacy & cybersecurity update

Welcome to the second edition of Updata – the international quarterly update from Eversheds Sutherland’s dedicated Privacy and Cybersecurity team. Updata provides you with a compilation of privacy and cybersecurity regulatory and legal updates from our contributors around the globe over the past quarter. You can find previous editions on our dedicated webpage....

Insurers May Not be Able to Avoid Blockchain, Virtual Currencies ‘Sweeping Through Industry’

Virtual currency, such as bitcoin, is an unregulated digital form of currency that can be used as a substitute for legally recognized currency and eliminates the so-called “middle-man,” which includes banks and clearing houses. Learn more.

Securing the Cloud

Eversheds Sutherland Partner Michael Bahar is quoted in the Winter edition of USA Today Homeland Security regarding increasing efforts to keep data safe in the ‘new normal.’ “Particularly this summer, we’ve seen attackers going further – to extortion, data manipulation, disruption and even destruction,” said Michael. “What is increasingly critical is to respond to the rapidly evolving...

2017 Cybersecurity Litigation Year in Review and Forecasts

Cyber-related litigation continues to be volatile, with 2017 witnessing several momentous developments including rulings on standing, the extent of insurance coverage, the fate of the Fourth Amendment’s third-party doctrine in the digital age, and the emerging standard of care for cybersecurity. At the same time, Europe is seeing its own tectonic shifts in how it handles data,...

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