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What Are the Federal Government’s Standards for Cyber Security?

| August 26, 2015

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) can now take action against companies failing to protect customer data, according to a recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. The important point to note about this headline is that the federal government has not set actual standards for cyber security. Therefore, it […]

What Small and Medium-Size Businesses Can Do To Recover from Cybercrime

| August 21, 2015

We found Bloomberg BNA’s recent interview with Patrick Fraioli, partner and chairman of the Data Privacy & Security Workgroup at Ervin, Cohen & Jessup LLP, quite insightful. The overarching theme of Mr. Fraioli’s interview is that small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) are feeling the greatest impact from cybercrime. As Sequel has said before, and as […]