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Cybersecurity Awareness Month Tip of the Day October is National Cybersecurity Awareness month, the yearly campaign to reinforce and spread awareness on proper cybersecurity practices and to stress the importance of protecting your online accounts and securing your personal information in cyberspace. The Department of Homeland Security states that “National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM) is […]

Businesses and individuals subject to white-collar investigations don’t just have to worry about the FBI knocking on their office door. The proposed amendment to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure 41 took effect December 1, 2016, and gives judges authority to grant the government a warrant to hack a computer located anywhere. Proposed Amendments to […]

The FTC continues its push into the new frontiers of cybersecurity with its fourth “Start with Security” event. Coming shortly on the heels of its partnership with the FCC to investigate the security parameters of mobile devices, the event demonstrates new frontiers of cybersecurity issues in the modern economy. Broken into four panels, the event seeks […]

President Obama Proposes to Strengthen Data Security For The Federal Government – What would that really mean? After a series of high-profile breaches of federal government systems, President Barak Obama’s recently proposed federal budget for fiscal 2017 includes $19 billion allocation for a broad cybersecurity initiative to strengthen data security. The budget proposal for cybersecurity-related […]

Fernando Pinguelo of Scarinci Hollenbeck to participate in a symposium on legal responsibilities of collecting personal data and the ramifications of data breaches. Fernando Pinguelo, Scarinci Hollenbeck Partner and Chair of the firm’s Cyber Security & Data Protection and eDiscovery groups will be among the panelists at a special CLE symposium entitled Data Breach: Legal […]

Experts have long warned about the exposure of industrial control systems to cyber attack. These systems, like those used in our electrical grid, usually are not regularly updated. Their failure would cause significant social disruption. They are the soft underbelly of our modern world. For example, Stuxnet exploited a Siemens industrial controller not designed to […]

National Law Journal Recognizes Fernando Pinguelo of Scarinci Hollenbeck as a Cybersecurity & Data Privacy ‘Trailblazer’. Pinguelo is the only Award Recipient from a NJ Based Law Firm  Lyndhurst, N.J. – December 16, 2015 – Fernando M. Pinguelo is recognized as a “Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Trailblazer” by The National Law Journal for 2015. Pinguelo, […]

What is the Dark Web and why does it exist? The World Wide Web, with which most people are familiar, is generally referred to as the “Surface Web.” The name derives from the analogy of the Internet to an ocean. That is, the Surface Web is the ocean’s surface layers—visible, easily accessible, and where most […]

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) made waves when it announced earlier this week that it reached a proposed settlement with Wyndham Worldwide Corporation (Wyndham). The agency’s enforcement action against Wyndham alleged that the company’s lax data security practices resulted in three separate consumer data breaches. In defending the suit,Wyndham unsuccessfully challenged the FTC’s authority to […]

Scarinci Hollenbeck is proud to announce Fernando M. Pinguelo, (CIPP/US), Partner at the firm and chair of its Cyber Security & Data Protection and Crisis Management groups on his appointment to the Technology Committee of the Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA). Mr.Pinguelo will assist the Committee in advancing technology and related initiatives that impact Hispanic […]

As the year winds down, we take a look back at the business law issues that generated the most buzz in each of our practice areas. In the area of cybersecurity and data privacy, we saw new threats emerge as regulators and businesses struggle to keep pace. In case you missed some of our posts […]

The largest threat to the overwhelming majority of cybersecurity methods is the quantum computer. Mostly theoretical, with a few incomplete working models, the quantum computer is the next leap in computer technology. Although an aeon in technology, a fully operational model will be available within the decade. Its arrival will be the moment that all […]