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US Senate considers mandating 24-hour reporting requirement for ransom payments

Norton Rose Fulbright - Data Protection Report blogOn September 28, 2021, the US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee released a draft bill that would, among other things, require nearly all entities that make a ransom payment as the result of a ransomware attack against the entity to report the payment to the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency … Continue reading

US Coast Guard Releases Draft Cybersecurity Guidelines

Data Protection Report - Norton Rose FulbrightOn July 11, 2017, the US Coast Guard (USCG) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposed new cybersecurity draft guidelines for Maritime Transportation Security Act (MTSA) regulated facilities. The guidelines follow the White House’s May 2017 Executive Order to strengthen the cybersecurity of critical infrastructure. The draft guidelines are open for public comment until … Continue reading
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