Shortly after the release of the communiqué from the most recent ministerial meetings of the ‘Five Countries’ security alliance — Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK and the US — at the end of July, we warned that the issue of the use of, and access to, encrypted services and technologies ‘remains front of mind for … Read more
Last week, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport issued a Call for Views on the certification scheme currently anticipated by Regulation (EU) 2019/881 (the Cybersecurity Act) after Brexit. The closing date for responses is 15 October. In the issued document, the UK Government proposes to maintain “a close relationship with the EU on … Read more
In July 2019, the UK government published the long-awaited Telecoms Supply Chain Review (available here), setting out its plans to regulate the UK telecoms sector more heavily in order to improve cyber security risk management, policy and enforcement. The Review sets out the concerns about the security and resilience of the UK’s telecoms networks, as … Read more
There are a myriad cybersecurity issues that legal departments must concern themselves with, with proactivity being key to the safety of a business’s information. Speaking recently on a live webcast hosted by Lawyers Weekly — Security breaches: is your firm protected? — Telstra security consultant Keith Kerr said zero-day attacks refer to instances where legal … Read more
In June 2019, the Hong Kong Insurance Authority published its Guideline on Cybersecurity (GL 20) for authorised insurers, which will take effect on 1 January 2020. GL 20 applies to all authorised insurers (except for captive insurers and marine mutual insurers) in relation to the insurance business that they carry on in or from Hong … Read more
As we previously reported, the EU reached political agreement on the new EU Cybersecurity Act (the “Act“) in March 2019. The Act has now been published in the Official Journal and the majority of its provisions came into effect on 27 June 2019. Read more
On 20 June 2019, the US Senate confirmed Keith Krach as the Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment. As part of that role, Krach will serve as the permanent Ombudsman for the EU-US Privacy Shield agreement. The EU-US Privacy Shield is a framework that regulates transatlantic exchanges of personal data … Read more
On 18 June 2019, the International Organisation of Securities Commissions ("IOSCO") published the final report of its Cyber Task Force ("CTF"). The purpose of this report was to identify how three prominent and internationally-recognised cyber frameworks were being used by IOSCO member jurisdictions. IOSCO currently has 224 member nations worldwide. Read more
