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As companies increasingly implement voluntary measures to enhance transparency among their user base, this month, YouTube introduced the option for creators to feature paid promotion disclosures on video content.

The latest major health insurance data breach of 2015 reported by Excellus BlueCross BlueShield is considered one of the top 20 worst reported breaches of a healthcare organization.

Scott L. Vernick was a guest on ABC Radio Los Angeles (KABC 790 AM) on August 22, 2015, to discuss the latest on the Ashley Madison hack and the implications of this massive data breach.

On February 5, 2015, the American Bankers Association's Senior Vice President of payment and cybersecurity policy testified before the Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance, and Data Security.

On May 8, the Assistant Attorney General for National Security announced that a former U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission employee was indicted...

The auto industry faces cybersecurity risks on two different fronts: Big Data collected, stored, and used by everyone from the manufacturers to the dealers; and by the technology in the vehicles they produce.

Foley Partner Michael Overly reinforces that information security is much more than a privacy-related matter and explains why denial-of-service attacks can be just as problematic to companies as confidentiality breaches.

Scott L. Vernick was quoted in The Associated Press article, "Big Email Hack Doesn't Exactly Send the Message Yahoo Needed," on September 23, 2016.

On December 29, 2015, an Illinois federal court refused to dismiss a putative class action accusing an online image publishing service of unlawfully using facial recognition technology to gather biometric data...

In the wake of high-profile cyberattacks, boards of directors are increasingly being scrutinized by regulators, shareholders, and the public over their oversight of cybersecurity risk.

On December 18, 2015, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act took effect as part of the $1.15 trillion omnibus spending bill for 2016.

An emerging trend sees directors and officers liable and responsible for cybersecurity.

The Director noted that the number of FBI investigations related to computer intrusions has increased by 80 percent since 2002, and that to counter this threat, the FBI requested a $10M budget increase to support its cyber efforts.

On February 26, the Director of National Intelligence, testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee that cyber threats are "increasing in frequency, scale, sophistication and severity of impact."

The guidance offers best practices for the development by privacy sector energy companies of a comprehensive cybersecurity framework.

On March 24, seven Iranian hackers were indicted on computer hacking charges relating to distributed denial of service ("DDoS") attacks directed at 46 U.S. financial sector businesses from 2011 through 2013.

The report relies on expert interviews and online surveys to identify existing challenges and propose guidelines for creating certification schemes for these cybersecurity professionals.