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The world of cyber insurance and cybersecurity are as intertwined as homeowners insurance and home security. The difference? One is established and familiar. But cyber is, relatively, nascent. In a seeming hat-tip to that reality, Marymount Manhattan College has avoided a $1 million fine and gained a $3.5 million investment in data security. Albeit their … Read more
Interesting read in yesterday’s Las Vegas Review-Journal about a new Nevada law that protects homeowners’ online payments with cyber insurance. It went into effect on July 1, 2023. The law requires homeowner associations (HOAs) to use cybersecurity insurance to protect homeowners’ data and to have certain data protection measures in place. The law was passed … Read more
The cybersecurity landscape is evolving rapidly, and the recent SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) rules have added a new layer of complexity for public companies. Jeremy King of Olshan Frome Wolosky has delved into the crucial issues surrounding cyber risk management and the implications of these rules. Below we explore the insights shared by Bloomberg … Read more
We’ve written extensively about the SEC regulations requiring public companies to disclose material cyber events (see full regs and legal analysis of it here.) Analysis of the legal and business ramifications of the disclosure regime have raised a number of issues, including potential conflicts between the cyber and D&O or other policies of insureds hit … Read more
We’ve reported extensively on the new SEC rules requiring disclosure of material cyber events by US public companies (see the full reg and legal analysis of it and its implications here.) The new regulatory regime is just starting. A couple recent examples are the 8K disclosures file by Caesars, relatively detailed and with what we … Read more