Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity

Phyllis B. Sumner, Pulina Whitaker, Clare H. Lynch | King & Spalding LLP

The new President of the European Commission, Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker, has declared that data protection is “a fundamental right of particular importance in the digital age.” This push for data protection rights is apparent in the General Data Protection Regulation (the “...

Board of Directors

David Hennes | Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

Editor: Some posit that cybersecurity is a well-established issue of concern for most boards. Do you agree? Hennes: I agree that it is established but not yet well established. Boards certainly have been attuned to cybersecurity as part of general risk management, but over the last two years,...

Cybersecurity

Steven L. Henning | Marks Paneth LLP

Data Security Concern According to an October 2014 Gallup Poll, 69 percent of Americans frequently or occasionally worry about theft of their credit card information. Other than having a computer or smartphone hacked, the majority of Americans worry about this crime more than any other...