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Setting the Standard: DHS Debuts First-of-its-Kind AI Safety Framework for Critical Infrastructure

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In brief On Thursday, November 14, 2024, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) announced its groundbreaking “Roles and Responsibilities Framework for Artificial Intelligence in Critical Infrastructure” (“Framework”). The Framework is a guide for deploying AI safely and securely in all sixteen sectors of U.S. critical infrastructure, including communications, critical manufacturing, energy, financial services, healthcare, and information technology. It emphasizes the importance of risk-based mitigations to reduce potential harms to critical infrastructure and highlights the…

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Mission Critical: CIRCIA’s Regulations and the Race to Secure Critical Infrastructure

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Today, April 4, 2024, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (“CISA”) officially published its long-awaited Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“Proposed Rule”) for the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022 (“CIRCIA”). The Proposed Rule requests written comments from the public no later than June 3, 2024. CISA will then have 18 months to promulgate a final rule which is expected to be finalized and in effect by October 2025. CIRCIA Big Picture CIRCIA is…

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FCC Refreshes its Data Breach Notification Rule

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On December 21, 2023 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued updates to its Data Breach Notification Rule, which applies to telecommunications carriers, as well as to voice over internet protocol (VoIP) and telecommunications relay service (TRS) providers. The updated Data Breach Notification Rule marks the most significant changes to the Rule since its adoption 16 years ago and modernizes the FCC requirements by bringing them more closely in line with other breach reporting obligations. The…

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Podcast Episode: Cyber Risk and Resiliency: Key Takeaways from the National Cybersecurity Strategy (Part 2 of 2)

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In the second of this two-part series, Brian Hengesbaugh, Global Chair of Privacy and Security at Baker McKenzie is joined by Cyrus Vance Jr., Global Chair of Cybersecurity, as the two continue their discussion on cybercrime, focusing on the National Cybersecurity Strategy recently released by the White House, which seeks to address cyber risk and resiliency in America. Listen in to hear their views about: Want to Learn More?Stay tuned for more podcasts and subscribe…

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Federal oversight of cyber threats to critical infrastructure continues to gain traction

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In brief Critical infrastructure has been the focus of several recent US cyber readiness initiatives, although the results have left a patchwork of regulations that may be enforced differently across sectors and federal agencies. As an example, in March 2022, President Biden signed into law the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022 (“CIRCIA”), which will require critical infrastructure organizations to report cyber incidents and ransom payments to the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure…