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Network Security
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Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest
Cybersecurity Directive Adopted by the EU Council
By Neil Robson
On May 17, the Council of the EU (Council) announced it had formally adopted the new EU Directive concerning measures for a high common level of security for network and…
Inside Privacy
European Parliament Committee Approves EU Cybersecurity Rules and Publishes Agreed Text
By Mark Young
By Mark Young and Vera Coughlan Formal adoption of the EU Network and Information Security (NIS) Directive is a step closer following a vote on January 14 by the European…
Data Counsel
EU’s Network and Information Security Directive: Regulating “operators of essential services” and “digital service providers”
By Suchismita Pahi, Kathryn Mellinger
The European Union continues to move forward with a proposed unified framework to strengthen network and information security systems across its member countries. On December 18, 2015, the Permanent Representatives…
Data Protection Report
Council and European Parliament reach agreement on NIS Directive
By Jay Modrall (BE), Marcus Evans
On December 7, 2015, the Council of the European Union (the Council) reached an informal agreement with the European Parliament on a new EU directive on network and information security…
Byte Back
DEF CON 23—Part I: Hackers highlight evolving cyber threats
Faces lit by computers, the hackers' objectives were clear — attack and defend. At this year’s DEF CON, the largest hacker convention in the United States, pre-qualified teams of hackers from…
Inside Privacy
China Issues Draft Network Security Law
By Yan Luo
Close on the heels of a sweeping new National Security Law, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress released last month for public comment a very significant draft Network…
Technology Law Dispatch
Tech giants caught between EU disagreements on scope of Proposed Network and Information Security Directive
U.S. tech giants, like Google and Facebook, found themselves caught between the European Parliament and the European Commission as disagreements continue as to whether Internet service providers should be included…
Inside Privacy
China Releases Draft of New Network Security Law: Implications for Data Privacy & Security
By Eric Carlson, Sheng Huang, Eric Bosset
On July 6, 2015, China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) released a draft of the Network Security Law (“Draft Law,” referred to in some press articles as the draft Cybersecurity Law)…
Inside Government Contracts
Potential Relief for Contractors Subject to Rapid Reporting Requirements
During markup of the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act (“NDAA FY 2016”) on April 27, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) proposed an amendment that would provide liability…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
European Parliament Adopts Network and Information Security Directive
On March 13, 2014, the European Parliament voted to adopt the draft directive on measures to ensure a uniform level of network and information security, which was first proposed as…