- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By 
Adrianne Appel2023-06-21T21:45:00
Organizations involved with the U.S. derivatives market must shift out of hack-response mode and into a state of cyber resiliency. If they don’t, a potential proposed rule at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) might force them to get there.
Members of the agency are currently drafting its first cyber resilience rule for swap dealers and futures commission merchants, CFTC Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero said Tuesday in remarks delivered at an industry event. The potential proposed rule, which could release “in the next few months,” according to Goldsmith Romero, could seek to make those in the C-suite responsible for ensuring their organizations are prepared for cyberattacks.
The proposal would first need to be approved by the CFTC before being released, said Goldsmith Romero.
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The Enforcement Division of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced it established two new task forces to combat cyberattacks and misuse of technology and environmental fraud.
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A notice of proposed rulemaking to modify the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s Change in Bank Control Act was withdrawn after receiving mixed reviews among the agency’s board of directors.
Mobile health applications and similar technologies must notify customers following a data breach or risk violating the Federal Trade Commission’s health breach notification rule.
Kristin Johnson of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission called for the agency to launch initiatives addressing the use—and misuse—of artificial intelligence tools in commodities markets.
