Fintech, short for Financial Technology, is a relatively new industry which uses technological developments to provide financial services. Despite its age and recent issues in the global economy, Fintech has grown exponentially around the world. Global Fintech funding more than…

Dickinson Law’s John Lande, chair of the firm’s Cybersecurity, Data Breach, & Privacy practice group, is featured in a new podcast episode by Cybercrime Magazine.

The magazine and podcast are part of Cybersecurity Ventures, the world’s leading research firm…

A daily stream of headlines highlights cybersecurity incidents affecting both large and small organizations.

In the face of this coverage, most organizations have learned the importance of cybersecurity, and taken basic steps to secure their information technology. However, many still…

Cyber insurance is a critical part of a layered cybersecurity defense.

However, as this blog recently covered, cyber insurance carriers are suffering increasing losses from claims on cyber insurance policies. Consequently, cyber insurance companies have started to draft strict…

Recently, this blog covered the federal government’s increasing intolerance of cybersecurity incidents. The Office of Foreign Asset Control (“OFAC”) has tightened controls on paying ransom to fraudsters. Meanwhile, federal banking regulators now require financial institutions to provide notice within 36…

For many years, the primary concern of victims of cybersecurity events was mitigating the damage fraudsters caused in the attack. More recently, federal agencies are imposing more legal compliance obligations on organizations in the wake of cybersecurity incidents.

For example,…

Ransomware has been increasing in frequency and severity for years. However, recent high-profile ransomware attacks have added new urgency to the federal government’s efforts to deal with the problem. The Colonial Pipeline attack that resulted in gas shortages in the…