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 ….”
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The new unit will be headed by Justin Herring, the former Chief of the U.S. Attorney’s Office of New Jersey’s first Cyber Crimes Unit, who will serve as DFS’s Executive Deputy Superintendent.
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