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04/03/2024

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12/17/2023

Final Rule
Standards for Covered Clearing Agencies for U.S. Treasury Securities and Application of the Broker-Dealer Customer Protection Rule With Respect to U.S. Treasury Securities.

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Public Comments View Received Comments Overview The Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) is adopting rules under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”) to amend the standards applicable to covered clearing agencies for U.S. Treasury securities to require that such ...

12/17/2023

SEC Adopts Rules to Improve Risk Management in Clearance and Settlement and Facilitate Additional Central Clearing for the U.S. Treasury Market.

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Press Release SEC Adopts Rules to Improve Risk Management in Clearance and Settlement and Facilitate Additional Central Clearing for the U.S. Treasury Market FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2023-247 Washington D.C., Dec. 13, 2023 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today adopted rule changes to enhance...

12/17/2023

Harrisburg Medical Center Data Breach Impacts 147K Individuals
Harrisburg Medical Center recently disclosed a year-old data breach in which a threat actor potentially gained access to sensitive documents.

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Harrisburg Medical Center recently disclosed a year-old data breach in which a threat actor potentially gained access to sensitive documents.

12/16/2023

HHS proposes new cybersecurity requirements for hospitals through HIPAA, Medicaid and Medicare
The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said it is planning to take a range of actions in an effort to better address cyberattacks on hospitals, which have caused dozens of outages across the country in recent months.

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The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said it is planning to take a range of actions in an effort to better address cyberattacks on hospitals, which have caused dozens of outages across the country in recent months.

12/15/2023

AHA Raises Concerns Over HHS Cybersecurity Strategy
The AHA is opposed to HHS’s proposals for mandatory cybersecurity requirements for hospitals, claiming that it would detract from the sector’s shared mission.

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The American Hospital Association (AHA) expressed dissatisfaction with parts of HHS’ recently released healthcare cybersecurity strategy.

12/15/2023

FCC updates data breach rules, with consumers in mind
The Federal Communications Commission updated its data breach rules for the first time in 16 years Wednesday, expanding how a breach is defined and who to alert when there is one.

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It's the first update in 16 years for the rules, which apply to telecommunications carriers and providers.

12/14/2023

CISA urges use of memory safe code in software development
Unsafe programming languages, like C and C++, account for more than 70% of security vulnerabilities.

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Unsafe programming languages, like C and C++, account for more than 70% of security vulnerabilities. 

12/14/2023

CitrixBleed isn’t going away: Security experts struggle to control critical vulnerability
While officials echo urgent mitigation steps to contain the zero-day vulnerability, high-profile organizations continue to bear the impact.

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While officials echo urgent mitigation steps to contain the zero-day vulnerability, high-profile organizations continue to bear the impact.

12/14/2023

Safe Security Introduces New SAFE Materiality Assessment Module to Help Companies in SEC Compliance
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/PRNewswire/ -- Safe Security, the leader in AI-driven cyber risk management, announced today its new SAFE Materiality Assessment Module, enabling security and...

12/14/2023

Vulnerabilities Now Top Initial Access Route For Ransomware
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More ransomware attacks now start with vulnerability exploitation than phishing, says Corvus Insurance

12/14/2023

As Congress mulls AI, Biden asks first for data privacy law

Congress could eventually run into a similar issue with AI as data privacy -- states passing a patchwork of laws that become difficult for businesses to comply with.
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The Biden administration wants Congress to pass a bipartisan federal data privacy law to protect consumers from AI risks.