This interesting Wall Street Journal post addresses the issue of a cyber attack that is “so virulent and disruptive” that it would be considered cyber warfare or cyber terrorism. Experts note
In its 4th quarter results, Home Depot reported that it has incurred $33 million of pretax net expenses related to last year’s data breach, but still cannot predict the final cost.
Anthem, the second-biggest health insurer in the U.S., has said that the personal information for 78.8 million people was compromised. Of this 78.8 million people, it is suspected that 60 million to
Suzanne Spaulding, the DHS undersecretary who leads the National Protection and Programs Directorate, recently announced that “liability protection shouldn’t be reserved just for sharing data with the government,” but rather
According to a top SEC official, its investigators are looking for companies with poor risk controls lax standards on data breach disclosures.
Boston-based broker William Gallagher Associates recently launched its Cyber Risk Hub, which is “an open source website for contributing and accessing information on cyber risk issues.” In a statement early this
This brief Wall Street Journal article gives a good overview of the Sony hack and its effects on the recent cyber announcements made by the Obama administration over the last few
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) used the Republican Party’s weekly address to promote cyber threat information sharing. Johnson, the chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, signaled his willingness to work with the
This weeks Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast covers the Anthem hack, the probable Chinese role in it, the possibility of information sharing actually passing and much more.
An additional flurry of cybersecurity activity came from the White House at the end of last week. On Friday, February 13, the President hosted a cybersecurity summit at Stanford University…
