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Hospitals’ Response to Data Breaches May Be Impacting Patient Health

A study presented last week at the 4A Security and Compliance Conference in Philadelphia, found an increase in a common measure of mortality rates at hospitals following data breaches. However, there did not appear to be any correlation between the type of breach or the number of records affected by the breach, leading the researchers to conclude that it was the response to the breach,...

Indictment in Massive Iranian Cyberbreach Shows Companies Still Vulnerable

If general counsel fear their companies are vulnerable to cyberattacks from far afield, they have good reason. An indictment unsealed Friday details how hackers hired by the Iranian government broke into computer systems of at least 36 U.S. companies, including technology firms, banks, media companies and a law firm. Learn more.

Eversheds Sutherland launches BreachLawWATCH mobile app

We are pleased to announce the release of BreachLawWATCH, a unique mobile app that provides easy, consistent access to data breach statutes across the United States and a growing number of jurisdictions, including Europe and Asia. Easy-to-use functionality enables users to find specific and relevant state and global breach notification regulations at their fingertips. Learn...

NERC and power company reach settlement on violations of cybersecurity standards

A power company has reached an agreement with the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) to pay $2.7 million for violations of a cybersecurity reliability standard. This violation resulted from the online exposure of the company’s data due to a vendor’s mishandling of the data, allowing unrestricted third-party access to 30,000 asset records. The violation posed a...

Today’s cybersecurity strategies are “not sufficiently robust or scalable,” Nuclear Threat Initiative says

The cyber threat to nuclear facilities is serious, but the challenge going forward is evident,” Dr. Page Stoutland, NTI vice president of scientific and technicals affairs, said in the post. “Threats and vulnerabilities will continue to mount. Today’s strategy is not sufficiently robust or scalable, and a high level of cybersecurity may never be compatible with current nuclear plant...

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