BNA INSIGHTS: The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Guidance On Cybersecurity and Cyber Incident Disclosure

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on occasion provides disclosure guidance on topics of interest to the business and investment communities. The SEC said recently that it has observed “an increased level of attention focused on cyberattacks.”…

Social Media Risk, Mitigation Guidance Issued for Financial Services Industry

Financial sector companies must pay attention to a wide variety of legal compliance and risk issues related to the use of social networking, BITS, the technology policy division of The Financial Services Roundtable, cautioned in its “Social Media Risks and Mitigation”guidance issued July 11…

BNA INSIGHTS: 2010 U.S. Cost of a Data Breach

Ponemon Institute’s 2010 report on the cost of a data breach for U.S. companies found that for the second year in a row, escalating data security threats and compliance pressures to combat them drove more organizations to respond so rapidly to data breaches that they paid significantly higher costs…

BNA INSIGHTS: Cost of Compliance with Privacy and Data Protection Laws: Benchmark Study of Multinational Organizations

Multinational organizations in all industries must comply with privacy and data protection laws, regulations and policies designed to protect individuals’ sensitive and confidential information. The average cost of compliance for organizations studied was $3.5 million, while the cost of not being in compliance was much greater: nearly $9.4 million…

BNA INSIGHTS: The Top 10 Privacy and Security Developments to Watch in 2011

The message for corporate America on privacy and security is simple: you only need to worry about privacy and security laws and rules if you have customers or employees.
So, on the chance that your company meets this threshold, what are the primary issues to be watching in 2011?…

BNA INSIGHTS: The Need for the Legal Department to Get Schooled on Technology

Results of a recent survey of corporate counsel and IT in the United States reveal that corporate lawyers remain alarmingly ill-informed about steps necessary to protect organizations from rapidly escalating risk and cost in preparing for and responding to requests for electronically stored information (ESI)…

BNA INSIGHTS: Governance of Enterprise Security: Carnegie Mellon CyLab 2010 Report

Today, the fiduciary duty directors and officers have to protect the assets of their organizations extends to digital assets, and has been…

BNA INSIGHTS: Crafting Corporate Social Media Policies: Striking the Right Balance Between Marketing Boon and Company Liability

Companies have grown savvy over the last years to the possible threats of employee internet communications, and employee computer use policies governing e-mail, web browsing, and other activities are commonplace…

ANALYSIS: Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Trends 2010: Report on Qualified Security Assessor Insights, by Ponemon Institute

Ponemon Institute report on PCI DSS compliance focuses on the insights of certified auditors tasked with validating compliance at the largest merchants and service providers…

ANALYSIS: Historic Lawsuit by Connecticut Attorney General for Security Breach Signals New Enforcement Landscape for Health Care Providers

On Jan. 13, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal filed a civil action in federal court in Connecticut against Health Net of…