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Nov 16, 20233 min read
A Legal Gordian Knot
The rapid proliferation of new issues, regulations, opinions, and threats, cyber law requires vigilant research. This week, that research...

Nov 13, 20233 min read
CISO Accountability Gets Scarier
Recent events unrelated to actual cyber-crime give CISOs and CIOs more reason to worry. Just 5 years ago, the thought of a CISO being...

Oct 31, 20233 min read
New Data Blocking Fines in HealthTech
The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) channeled Dr. Evil from the Austin Powers movie franchise when announcing that data...

Oct 27, 20233 min read
No Private Right of Action? No Problem!
With federal and state agencies often without the resources to enforce cyber laws, citizens are finding ways to file private lawsuits.

Oct 19, 20232 min read
Social Engineering Reemerges
Cybersecurity can be defeated by a single nice, helpful, or temporarily absent-minded employee.

Oct 6, 20233 min read
Beware the “Breach Counsel” System
It’s football season, so an appropriate analogy for insureds working with an insurance company’s preselected breach counsel is as...

Oct 2, 20233 min read
Confusion on Social Media Content Regulation
The U.S. Government cannot decide whether social media content regulation is an infringement of first amendment rights or the opposite.

Aug 9, 20232 min read
Hospitals Sued for DHHS Compliance?
Class actions continue against healthcare entities that used Meta (Facebook) pixels on applications facilitating patient access to EHR.

Aug 4, 20234 min read
SEC Regulations Clash with Best Practices
The battle between the preservation of attorney-client privilege and governmental interests is longstanding.

Jul 25, 20233 min read
Cl0p Increasing Extortion Pressure
Almost two months after the initial MOVEit breach, Cl0p is now leaking private data and threatening to release more on the regular (also...

Jul 17, 20234 min read
ChatGPT Fabricates Content
The Mata sanctions order adds “falsification of content” to the list of reasons why professionals should avoid ChatGPT.

Jul 3, 20233 min read
Cl0p Strikes Against with MOVEit
In one of the largest data breaches of all time, the Cl0p Ransomware Group stole the private data of an estimated fifteen-million people.

May 15, 20234 min read
COMING SOON: New State Cyber Laws
The previous delayed response by modern society to acknowledge the negative “yin” to the positive “yang” of technological developments is...

May 3, 20232 min read
3 Reasons to Pair Caution with Artificial Intelligence
Exercise caution prior to initiating or allowing the use of ChatGPT in the workplace.

Apr 23, 20233 min read
DON'T RUSH DURING A CYBER INCIDENT
I participate in a LOT of cyber incident responses. Here is a golden rule: “Do not rush into any conclusions, statements, or actions.”

Apr 12, 20233 min read
Healthcare Privacy Rules Increasing – Will Fuel More Meta Pixel Lawsuits
Hospitals around the United States are facing litigation (and the threat thereof) for use of data capturing code embedded on their...

Mar 28, 20232 min read
Cancer Patient Sues Healthcare Entity After Nude Photos Stolen in Cyber Attack
The expression “there is no honor among thieves” was recently revived and proved true by the Russian Ransomware group, BlackCat. On...

Mar 10, 20233 min read
Biden Threatens Cyber Vendors
But-for a major shift in responsibility and desire for private sector liability, the March 2023 National Cybersecurity Strategy...

Feb 15, 20233 min read
More States Ban TikTok
TikTok access from government devices is now restricted in over half of the United States. Indeed, only 13 states lack any restrictions...

Feb 2, 20233 min read
FINTECH Cyber Attacks Already Rising
On January 31, 2023, the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) released a report entitled “The Evolution...
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