by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Each year an increasing number of people use social media technologies and assemble or acquire “digital assets” such as writings, pictures, videos and music in digital form. In most cases these assets do not have significant monetary value, but sometimes...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Congress grappled last week with the merits and costs of several new cybersecurity proposals, each designed to protect consumers and stem the tide of recent data breaches that have engulfed U.S. businesses. Whether this activity will result in new law remains...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
On January 23, 2014, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and General Services Administration (“GSA”) Administrator Daniel Tangherlini sent a strong message to Federal contractors and their suppliers: practice cybersecurity or the government will look...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
At the SEC’s recent compliance outreach program, a high-level SEC official announced that the National Examination Program (“NEP”) will be reviewing investment advisers’ policies and procedures for preventing cyber attacks. In particular, the...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
On Tuesday January 28, the staff of the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE” or “staff”) issued a Risk Alert on the due diligence practices employed by investment advisers and financial planners before...
