Topic
Incident Response
217 published works
Data Counsel
Deeper Dive: Beware of Paper Records
BakerHostetler’s 2016 Data Security Incident Response Report reveals a number of interesting incident response trends: the range of incident causes is broad, all industries are affected, detection capabilities need to…
Data Protection Report
OCR Launches Phase 2 of the HIPAA Audit Program
The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced on Monday that it has launched the long-awaited Phase 2 of its HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Audit Program. As we reported…
Data Counsel
Five Questions Clients Asked Most Often in 2015 About Incident Response
We provided incident response and incident response preparedness services to hundreds of companies in 2015. The questions we answered were as unique and varied as the incidents companies faced. Some…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Top 10 in Law Blogs: Workplace Recordings, Hoverboards, Breach Incident Response
While the year-in-review posts keep rolling here in the Top 10, so too does our series over on LXBN—where we look back at the last five years. Today, Daniel Schwartz…
Data Counsel
Incident Response Tip: Five Ways to Improve Information Security and Reduce the Impact of a Data Breach
The new year will arrive in a few short days and when the bell tolls, it will mark the end of another extremely active year of data breaches. High-profile breaches…
Marler Blog
Light Friday Afternoon Reading After E. coli O26 Cases Linked to Chipotle Hit 41
By Bill Marler
“It's great to have local non-GMO food, but you've got to make sure it doesn't have a fecal pathogen that can sicken 50 of your customers,” Marler said. Page 16…
Data Protection Report
Five new privacy laws on tap in California
This month, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law five new privacy bills that the Governor said are intended to strengthen data protections for the state’s residents. The laws, effective as…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
HIPAA Phase 2 Audits to Start in Early 2016, OCR States In Response to OIG Recommendations
Responding to a Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) report recommending stronger oversight of covered entities’ compliance with the HIPAA Privacy Rule, the Office for…
Data Counsel
California Amends Its Breach Notification Statute
For the third time in as many years, California has once again amended its breach notification statute. This time it expanded the definition of “personal information,” clarified the term “encryption,”…
Data Counsel
New PCI Guidance Provides Businesses With Security Incident Response Assistance
A security event involving payment card data, especially card present data, can be one of the most costly events a company may face. Not only did a recent study report…