Ransom disclosure law would give firms 48 hours to disclose ransomware payments

Organisations who find their networks hit by a ransomware attack may soon have to disclose within 48 hours any payments to their extortionists. That’s the intention of the Ransom Disclosure Act, a ...

New Bill Could Force U.S. Businesses to Report Data Breaches Quicker

A bipartisan Senate bill would require some businesses to report data breaches to law enforcement within 24 hours or face financial penalties and the loss of government contracts. The legislation from Senate ...
Ransomware Attacks Targeting U.S. Cities

Ransomware Attacks Targeting U.S. Cities

Targeted ransomware attacks on local US government entities—cities, schools, and police stations—are on the rise. In this blog learn you'll learn why ransomware attacks are successful, what you can do to minimize ...
Senate Passes Bill to Help Defend U.S. Energy Grid against Digital Attacks

Senate Passes Bill to Help Defend U.S. Energy Grid against Digital Attacks

The United States Senate has passed a bill to help strengthen the defenses of the U.S. energy grid against digital attacks. On 27 June, the Senate passed the Securing Energy Infrastructure Act ...
Equifax breach leads U.S. Senate to propose America draft its own GDPR

Equifax breach leads U.S. Senate to propose America draft its own GDPR

A US Senate report on an investigation into the monumental Equifax breach chastises the company for lax security, and proposes heading off similar incidents in the future – by making American companies ...

US Senators say it shouldn’t be a secret when they’ve been hacked

Federal agencies and companies are required by law to disclose breaches, but Congress is under no such obligation - meaning that the public may have no idea that their political representatives have ...