Edward Mcnicholas

May 08, 2023 | New York Law Journal

The proliferation of large-scale hacks and data breaches throughout this time—Heartland Payment Systems, Sony, the Office of Personnel Management, Target, Neiman Marcus, Yahoo!, Equifax, Home Depot, even the SEC—simultaneously demonstrated the difficulty of data protection given the ever-evolving nature of cybercrime. Despite these developments, the SEC has failed to update Regulation S-P, or promulgate additional binding cybersecurity rules, until now.

By Edward McNicholas and Briana Fasone

8 minute read

March 06, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Blackbeard may not be the first name that comes to mind when considering cybercrime, but prior international efforts to stop stateless rogue actors can point us toward the proper focus for cybersecurity—governments taking responsibility to solve a classic collective action problem by direct action, supporting existing industry defense measures, and leading multilateral cooperation efforts, writes Edward McNicholas, Christine Moundas and Briana Fasone.

By Edward McNicholas, Christine Moundas and Briana Fasone

8 minute read

March 29, 2018 | Corporate Counsel

Every day seems to bring another regulatory presence in cybersecurity, from the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) to the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

By Edward McNicholas and Yuet Ming Tham

6 minute read