Compliance & Privacy Change: Video of panel discussion SmartEdgeLaw took part in at end of 2018 at NYC Javits Center finally dropped. “Compliance and Privacy Change: 2018 has seen new compliance and privacy changes, specifically with the introduction of GDPR and also with the new California consumer privacy act. How can businesses deal with these […]
Category: Cyber Insurance
ABA Journal Quotes SmartEdgeLaw Group on Cybersecurity in Law Firms
Founding attorney, Richard Santalesa, is quoted in the Sept. 2018 ABA Journal about cybersecurity in law firms. The legal profession as a whole has lagged behind other segments in keeping its digital house locked down #cybersecurity #infosec #ABAJournal #datasecurity via ABA Journal http://www.abajournal.com/…/law_firms_cybersecurity_awarene…
Fairfield County Business Journal Profiles SmartEdgeLaw Group
We’re proud to be featured in the Fairfield County Business Journal. Our practice is tech-focused, reality-driven and above all embrace that legal is here to deliver solutions and recommendations not road blocks. Our firm works throughout CT and NYC and is constantly developing new approaches to meet your legal needs. Westport attorney takes a legal […]
Proposed cybersec regulations for New York financial institutions have a broad reach
As written by SmartEdgeLaw Group Attorney Richard Santalesa, in the September 30, 2016 IAPP Privacy Tracker and Daily Dashboard – at https://iapp.org/news/a/proposed-cybersec-regulations-for-new-york-financial-institutions-have-a-broad-reach/ Proposed cybersec regulations for New York financial institutions have a broad reach Richard Santalesa, CIPP/US Privacy Tracker | Sep 30, 2016 New York state’s long-awaited Cybersecurity Regulations For Financial Services Companies, issued by […]
Is this the Definitive Cybersecurity Guide? NYSE Guide for Directors & Officers
The following post by SmartEdgeLaw Group attorney, Richard Santalesa, was originally published Oct. 27, 2015 at the International Association of Privacy Professionals’ Privacy Perspectives website. Is this the Definitive Cybersecurity Guide? While many companies come up short on their cybersecurity programs or ability to safeguard data privacy, one area where no gap exists is in the […]
Breach Update: Home Depot Confirms 56 Million Cards Impacted
Over the past week we’ve been assisting clients in responding to the recent confirmed Home Depot breach. While information regarding the scale and scope of the breach of point-of-sale systems in the U.S. and Canada has been developing, Home Depot’s release late yesterday of an updated press release (available here), provides additional public details: 56 million […]
Upcoming Webinar April 17 – “Data Breach Aftermaths”
Join us for our April 17 webinar, Data Breach Aftermath: Next Steps To Clean Up The Mess, hosted by the National Constitution Center, with details, registration and agenda information available here. Data Breaches have unfortunately become near daily occurrences, with news reports – like those covering Target’s recent mammoth breach – sending chills up the […]
NIST Cybersecurity Framework Telebriefing – Mar. 13
UPDATE: Registration now open for our upcoming LSI Telebriefing on March 13, 1pm ET covering the “NIST Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity.” Registration information here. It should be an interesting and engaging discussion ahead of NIST’s March 27 State and Local Government Cybersecurity Framework Kickoff Workshop. Original: The SmartedgeLaw Group will moderate a telebriefing […]
Survey: Medical ID Theft Now Fastest Growing Fraud
Medical and healthcare-related security and privacy concerns have been front page news in 2013, especially with recent launches of federal and state medical healthcare exchanges and changes stemming from the “HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule” enacted early this year that went into effect as of September 23rd. In a timely and notable report, the Ponemon Institute […]
Ponemon’s Cyber Insurance Study Finds Companies Neglecting Coverage
The challenges of managing corporate risk – whether through the growth of formal “GRC” (governance, risk management and compliance) programs or through contractual liability transfers – increase each year. However, a recent Ponemon Institute study, Managing Cyber Security as a Business Risk: Cyber Insurance in the Digital Age, released Aug. 7, 2013 (available here: http://www.experian.com/managingcybersecurity)(the […]
The SmartedgeLaw Group Discusses “Privacy in a Social Age” in NYC
For those in the New York Tri-State Area, InfoLawGroup Senior Counsel, Richard Santalesa, will joining a panel of experts this Thursday evening, July 18th, at a meeting of the Social Media Club of NYC, to be held at the downtown offices of PR Newswire from 6:00pm to 8:30, with the panel discussion to start at […]
2013 Data Privacy, Information Security and Cyber Insurance Trends Report
On Data Privacy Day, recognized annually on Jan. 28th, Richard Santalesa, is quoted in the 2013 Data Privacy, Information Security and Cyber Insurance Trends Report, released each January by Cyber Data Risk Managers LLC. The Report surveys well-known industry experts and respected thought leaders, including Rick Kam, Bruce Schneier, Dr. Larry Ponemon and others, for […]
Ponemon Study on Patient Privacy Highlights Security Failings
Released today, the Ponemon Institute‘s Third Annual Benchmark Study on Patient Privacy & Data Security (available at, http://www2.idexpertscorp.com/ponemon2012/) starkly highlights the continued serious challenges faced by healthcare organizations in adequately safeguarding protected health information (“PHI”). As the study notes straight out of the gate “the threats to healthcare organizations have become increasingly more difficult to […]
Whitepaper – Local & State Govt Data Security and Cyber Risks
Richard Santalesa introduced a whitepaper on legal risks and cyber insurance at this past week’s fall meeting of the New York State Association of Counties – dubbed the think tank for NY’s counties since 1923. The white paper was released at a breakout session on the meeting agenda addressing “Cyber Security and Cyber Risks in Your County” where Mr. Santalesa’s […]
New Ponemon Data Breach Study Finds Breach Costs Have Fallen
Since its first issue seven years ago, the Ponemon Institute’s annual Cost of Data Breach Study (“CDBS”) has become a must read for privacy and breach professionals. The latest CDBS study, covering the 2011 year, can be considered a bookend to Verizon’s annual Data Breach Investigations Report, which 2012 edition was likewise recently released The […]