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On March 15, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) released its proposal to amend Regulation S-P: Privacy of Consumer Financial Information and Safeguarding Customer...

SEC proposal to amend Regulation S P Privacy of Consumer Financial Information and Safeguarding Customer Information while simultaneously issuing two additional cybersecurity related rule proposals. SEC implements cybersecurity and privacy standards across regulated entities

The SEC continued its recent onslaught of proposed cybersecurity rules in mid-March with three new proposals covering a litany of entities, including investment advisers, broker-dealers...

President Joe Biden in the Oval Office (Source: Wikipedia) The $1.9 trillion economic relief package known as the American Rescue Plan, which the House approved Wednesday and President Biden signed Thursday afternoon, includes about $2 billion for cybersecurity and IT modernization, rather than the $10 billion the president originally proposed. The cybersecurity and IT funding includes $650 million allocated to the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency for "cybersecurity risk mi...

In an update on the investigation into the SolarWinds supply chain attack, Deputy National Security Adviser Anne Neuberger said the Biden administration is

A satellite view of Oldsmars water reclamation facility (Photo: Google Maps) As the investigation into the hacking of a water treatment facility in Florida continues, cybersecurity experts say the incident points to the urgent need to enhance operational technology security. "The lesson to be learned here is that public sector organizations that provide critical services - which are largely unregulated for security - need some scrutiny on their IT and OT security," says Mike Hamilton, the CISO ...

The Biden administration also proposes spending $1 billion for several other cybersecurity and IT initiatives, including: $200 million for the rapid hiring of security experts to work for the Office of the U.S. Chief Information Security Officer as well as the Digital Service unit in the White House; $300 million to fund additional IT projects within the GSA; $690 million for a CISA project designed to improve monitoring and incident response across federal agencies. The proposed new spending o...