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Get caught up with the Cybersecurity Docket News Wire for May 23, 2019.
New York’s financial regulatory agency has created a first-in-the-nation cybersecurity division to place special focus on protecting the state’s consumers and industries from digital threats, the regulator announced on Wednesday. Acting Superintendent Linda Lacewell of the state Department of Financial Services said the division is the first of its kind to be established by a […]
Today, New York’s top financial regulator, the Department of Financial Services, announced the formation of a dedicated “Cybersecurity Division.” In a news release issued earlier today, the agency said the new division “will focus on protecting consumers and industries from cyber threats ….” *** The new unit will be headed by Justin Herring, the former Chief of […]
In March 2019 the SEC Office of Compliance, Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) announced it would soon commence its annual “Cybersecurity Sweep” (Cyber Sweep) of registered investment advisers and broker-dealers. If these entities were not already focused on cybersecurity, OCIE’s announcement should assure registrants that cybersecurity is not a single frame of a movie, but a […]