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Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, announces today the continued strategic growth of its Venture Technology and Emerging Growth Companies practice with the addition of Allison J. Bender as partner, resident in the Washington, DC, office. Bender was previously with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Source: Dentons – Dentons continues rapid expansion of US Venture […]
Cyberattacks spurring demand for cyber insurance: Moody’s | CFO Dive
Demand for cyber insurance has surged as companies respond to high-profile cyber attacks, increased regulatory scrutiny, mounting reputational risk and the need for protection against vulnerabilities among supply-chain counterparties, according to Moody’s Investors Service. “Cyber insurance has become an important component of companies’ risk management programs.” Source: Cyberattacks spurring demand for cyber insurance: Moody’s | […]
Why Not Hold Ransomware Attackers Hostage for a Change? – Security Boulevard
But what happens in the case where you are able to identify—either by name, location, computer, IP address, MAC address or otherwise—the individual(s) responsible for the ransomware, extortionware or electronic demand for payment? Right now, a ransomware victim has few options. One: Pay the ransom. Two: Don’t pay the ransom and restore/rebuild. Or, three: Choose […]
Data Security and Privacy Must Play a Part in M&A Due Diligence – Beckage
Things have changed. Gartner reported that by 2022 sixty percent of organizations will consider a target company’s cybersecurity posture as a critical factor in their due diligence process. Acquiring companies have made DSP due diligence a priority because they understand the costly risks of inheriting a target company’s DSP liabilities. Target companies must proactively address […]
Congress Inches Toward Response to Ransomware Attacks – WSJ
CONGRESS, FEDS MAKE MOVES ON RANSOMWARE ATTACKS, but a clear fix for the expensive cybercrime epidemic is far from clear. The Senate Homeland Security Committee took a step forward on Wednesday, advancing a bill that would require hospitals and oil and natural-gas pipeline companies, among other critical infrastructure operators, to report cyberattacks and ransom payments […]
Young to Head MMM Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice
Michael Young has joined Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP to chair the firm’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice. Young joins as a partner. Source: Young to Head MMM Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice
Cyber and Privacy Disputes Partner to Join Latham & Watkins in London
Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that James Lloyd will join the London office as a partner in the Litigation & Trial Department and member of the Complex Commercial Litigation Practice. Lloyd’s practice focuses on advising domestic and international companies on a variety of complex, cross-border cyber security and data privacy matters, including cyberattacks, […]