To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. On April 14, 2021, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued its first set of guidance documents related to the cybersecurity of retirement benefit plans covered by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). The three-part guidance is aimed at various stakeholders-plan fiduciaries, service providers, plan participants and beneficiaries-and provides cybersecurity expectations for plan fiduciaries and best practices for their service providers. Cybersecurity has become an area of critical importance to plan sponsors and administrators of employee benefit plans, as well as their service providers, as they increasingly rely on the Internet