Cybersecurity

Today's organizations posssess massive volumes of unstructured data. Shining a light on it is the only way to transform that data into opportunity, rather than risk.

"While it may be counterintuitive, given Republican aversion to federal regulation in general, many perceive the need for a national privacy law that will pre-empt state laws as a generally business-friendly proposal that many Republicans embrace."

From data mapping to periodic trainings, a Georgetown Advanced eDiscovery Institute 2022 panel shared best practices for preserving and controlling company data.

While China's target was the U.S. government in this instance, the defendants' alleged conduct and methodologies illustrate security risks and compliance challenges faced by private U.S. entities and their personnel related to insider threats and corporate espionage.

Hackers have become adept at exploiting weaknesses in the security, coding, and structure of so-called "DeFi" marketplaces.

Companies need to "be taking a look at the findings to ... make sure [they] don't fall into the same mistakes."

The risk of attacks and chaos in cryptocurrency marketplaces will skyrocket when the Ethereum network undergoes a major software upgrade in September.

Decentralized-finance protocols, especially cross-chain bridges used to transfer tokens across blockchains, have emerged as one of crypto's weakest links after several large hacks this year.