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Law Firm Security Goes Back to School

Through department collaboration, hiring, and government and industry collaboration, law firms can better protect their data and that of their clients.
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New York Law Journal

Six Common Misconceptions About Cybersecurity

Interest in cybersecurity is escalating across the legal profession, reflecting the complex and potentially catastrophic threats that clients, particularly financial services firms, now face. Because these risks are deep and potentially disastrous, lawyers are increasingly tasked with counseling clients about how to contain them.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

The GDPR: A Silver Lining for Data Governance

The countdown to the enforcement date of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has begun and it's becoming increasingly clear that many U.S. organizations are poised to be caught in its crosshairs.
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New York Law Journal

Pen Testing: The Good, the Bad and the Agreement

Although conducting pen testing is prudent and becoming common, it is also fraught with potential pitfalls. When embarking on such a project, a company should fully understand its scope and include certain contractual protections with the pen tester.
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New York Law Journal

Regulatory Gap: Cybersecurity at K-12 Schools

While data breaches at Equifax, Yahoo, Anthem and Target have made the national news, data breaches at school districts are not as widely publicized.
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New York Law Journal

Examining Coverage for Cyber Risks Under Property and Liability Policies

This article explores courts' differing conclusions when faced with claims for cyber risks under different types of insurance policies, looks at some of the recent cyber-crimes and the direct financial and legal impact on businesses, and posits solutions to address insurance coverage for cyber-related risks.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Cybersecurity: What Does It Mean to Be Completely Prepared?

So often articles related to cybersecurity focus solely on assessment and preparedness against external forces (e.g., cybercriminals, hackers, ransomware, etc.), yet do not convey the full array of protections necessary to ensure complete cyberpreparedness for a busin
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Daily Report Online

Equifax Finds 2017 Hack Compromised Data of 2.4 Million More Consumers

Equifax on Thursday expanded the number of consumers whose financial data and personal information have been compromised to a breathtaking 148 million.
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Legaltech News

Nervous System: Evaluating TCPA Liability in the Actual Wild West

'Nervous System,' which approaches data privacy and cybersecurity issues from the context of history, continues with a look at the difference between the PBX and autodialer and their roles in litigation through the history of telephony.
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The Recorder

Yahoo Brings on Gibson Dunn as Co-Counsel in Data Breach MDL

Gibson Dunn partners Theodore J. Boutrous Jr., Joshua A. Jessen, Michael Li-Ming Wong and Rachel S. Brass all entered appearances for Yahoo Tuesday.
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