Cyber Storm V Highlights Need for Greater Info-sharing and Formalized Incident Response
Posted on Aug 10, 2016 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Cyber Storm V Highlights Need for Greater Info-sharing and Formalized Incident Response
Results from the Department of Homeland Security’s (“DHS”) “Cyber Storm V” national exercise revealed that challenges remain around information and cyber threat indictor sharing, and that a plan for widespread cyber response would help improve response from government and industry to cyberattacks. Though the exercise showed that challenges remain, it also revealed an increased...
They’re Baaaack . . . SECs Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations Releases New Cybersecurity Risk Alert
Posted on Sep 16, 2015 in Financial Services | Comments Off on They’re Baaaack . . . SECs Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations Releases New Cybersecurity Risk Alert
Yesterday, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) released a Risk Alert describing OCIE’s 2015 cybersecurity exam initiative. [link to www.sec.gov/ocie/announcement/ocie-2015-cybersecurity-examination-initiative.pdf]. As the Risk Alert notes, OCIE’s new cybersecurity initiative builds on information OCIE learned from...
Sutherland and the Financial Services Institute Complete Benchmarking Survey on Cybersecurity Practices
Posted on Jul 15, 2015 in Financial Services | Comments Off on Sutherland and the Financial Services Institute Complete Benchmarking Survey on Cybersecurity Practices
WASHINGTON—Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP and the Financial Services Institute (FSI) have completed a survey of FSI members concerning cybersecurity issues. The survey included responses from 39 broker-dealers (92% of which were dually registered as investment advisers), ranging in size from fewer than 100 registered representatives to more than 2,000. The survey covered a variety...
DOJ Publishes Cyberincident Response Best Practices Document
Posted on May 5, 2015 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on DOJ Publishes Cyberincident Response Best Practices Document
The Cybersecurity Unit of the Department of Justice (DOJ) has published a “best practices” document to assist organizations in developing a response plan for cyberincidents. The document, titled Best Practices for Victim Response and Reporting of Cyber Incidents, focuses on steps organizations should take before, during and after a cyberincident and emphasizes the need for...
Managing a Cyberattack: An Interactive Simulation at the ACC Advanced Compliance Education Summit
Posted on Apr 29, 2015 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Managing a Cyberattack: An Interactive Simulation at the ACC Advanced Compliance Education Summit
It is 3:00 in the morning and your children are safe in bed, but the phone is ringing at the FBI! Sutherland’s Mark Thibodeaux; Cyndi Baily, Chief Compliance Officer at Alere Toxicology; Sarah Sandstorm, Contracts Counsel at KBM Group; and Special Agent Corey Harris from the FBI presented an interactive simulation of a cyber-attack at the ACC’s Advanced Compliance Education Summit...
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