December is the month for predictions. During this month, commentators of all sorts and in all areas predict the trends and actions that will impact us during the coming year. While speculating the future is a questionable pursuit, we at the Cybersecurity Lawyer Forum would hate to be left out…
Over the past several years, the Federal Trade Commission has emerged as the de facto national regulator of online security and privacy. While banking and health regulators hold sway over their specific industries, the FTC has used its authority, granted under Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act…
One of the challenges – perhaps the biggest challenge – to achieving cybersecurity is complexity. Every day we are faced with new threats as hackers display their creativity and new technologies and approaches to addressing those threats. Governments, both U.S. and foreign, regularly propose laws and regulations better to protect…
California adopted the first data breach notification law in the nation in 2002, and has consistently worked to ensure that its law remains at the forefront of data security laws in the United States. California burnished this reputation on September 13, 2016, when Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 2828, sponsored…
I’m attending the Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Roundtable on September 12 and 13 at the Intercontinental Hotel in New Orleans, where Alex Ricardo of Beazley and I will be speaking on Cybersecurity in the Hospitality Industry tomorrow morning. I’ll be leading a discussion of the unique privacy and security issues…
Paralysis is one of the biggest obstacles to achieving a cybersecure environment. Companies are often unable to take the steps necessary to bring security to an enterprise. It’s not only common; it’s entirely understandable. Achieving cybersecurity appears to be an overwhelming task. Every day brings another headline announcing a data breach, or…
Spring is the season for many things, including the publication of cybersecurity surveys. In the past few months, Verizon has published its Data Breach Investigations Reports, Ponemon Institute Published its 2016 Study on How Organizations Manage Data Breach Exposures, the California Attorney General published its annual California Data Breach Report,…
In Michael Gold’s commentary, “Still Only Human,” published in the July 18, 2016 edition of the Los Angeles Business Journal, he writes: “Cybercrime cost the world economy about $500 billion in 2015 and this year’s numbers will be even higher. The cost of data breaches is projected to reach $2.1…
Cybercrime cost the world economy about $445 billion in 2014 and the 2015 numbers will be even higher. The cost of data breaches will reach $2.1 trillion globally by 2019. Worldwide spending on information security is estimated to reach $77 billion in 2015. In the midst of these astounding numbers,…
Co-chairs of the Jeffer Mangels Cybersecurity and Privacy Group, Robert E. Braun and Michael A. Gold, discuss why companies need a cybersecurity training program. The other videos in this 4-part series include: First steps to take when there’s a data breach at your company; Cybersecurity for middle market companies; and…