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Cloud Computing
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Inside Privacy
DoD Issues Interim Rule Addressing New Requirements for Cyber Incidents and Cloud Computing Services
By Susan Cassidy and Alex Sarria On August 26, 2015, the Department of Defense (DoD) issued an interim rule that significantly expands the obligations imposed on defense contractors and subcontractors to safeguard…
Government Contracts Legal Forum
DoD Releases Interim Rule on Cloud Service Acquisitions
By Olivia Lynch, Peter J. Eyre
On August 26, 2015, the DoD published an Interim Rule to implement DoD policy on the acquisition of cloud services. This Interim Rule provides a list of terms and conditions…
Inside Cybersecurity & Privacy Law
Connecting the Dots: Contracting for Big Data, Cloud-Based Services and Cybersecurity
By Joe Pennell
Big data and cloud computing provide exciting opportunities to transform business models and reduce costs. Smart contracting is essential to harnessing these opportunities without introducing unnecessary risk to your organizations.…
Government Contracts & Investigations Blog
DoD Addresses Cybersecurity Preparedness, Incident Reporting, and Cloud Computing Acquisitions with new DFARS interim rule
Announced and effective today, August 26, 2015, DoD has issued an interim rule that significantly expands existing DFARS provisions and clauses requiring contractors and subcontractors to report cyber incidents. The…
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Inspección sectorial de servicios cloud en el ámbito educativo
By Gonzalo F. Gállego, Laur Badin
La AEPD publicó el 22 de julio una nota de prensa en la que anunciaba los resultados de la primera inspección sectorial en Europa sobre servicios de cloud en el…
SALT Shaker
The Windy City’s Taxes on Cloud Computing, Streaming Services
On August 7, the Chicago Department of Finance delayed the effective date of the imposition of the Personal Property Lease Transaction Tax on cloud computing services from September 1, 2015,…
Technology Law Dispatch
‘Reform EU cloud protection rules or risk missing out on billions of euros’ worth of revenue’
The European Union economy stands to miss out on the benefits of cloud technology, as legislative measures across the individual Member States act to prevent businesses from using cloud services…
Inside Government Contracts
DoD Issues Three Cloud Computing and Security Documents for Public Comment
On July 24, 2015, the Defense Information Security Agency (“DISA”) issued three draft documents (available here for download) concerning the adoption of secure cloud computing systems by the Department of…
Byte Back
We’re ALL in the information business
By Peter Sloan
Last Friday, when Amazon’s market cap pushed past Walmart’s, the headlines almost wrote themselves – “Internet Retailer Amazon Topples Traditional Retailer Walmart,” or the like. The lead angle? Amazon’s information-based business…
Financial Services Observer
Financial Services Compliance Obligations Under the Cloud
By Jonathan A. Beckham, Aimee Wildstone
The migration of personal and financial data to the cloud has highlighted, for both financial institutions and their regulators, risks associated with data breaches. This migration has involved third-party cloud…