As many of you know, last April the SEC issued the Cybersecurity Examination Initiative to assess the cybersecurity practices and preparedness of registered broker-dealers and investment advisers. The initiative arose from an SEC-sponsored Cybersecurity Roundtable held on March 26, 2014, which discussed the growing cybersecurity threats to our financial markets and intermediaries. Now, some nine … Continue Reading
Every company, whether public or private, has exposure to potential data breach or theft of confidential information. When this occurs, various state and federal regulatory organizations have jurisdiction over ensuring that there is prompt, corrective, and remedial action taken by the company whose systems have been compromised. Much of the focus of articles and commentary … Continue Reading
