By Adrianne Appel2023-08-02T19:57:00
The clock is ticking for public companies to put in place policies and practices to meet the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) newly approved cybersecurity incident disclosure rule.
The intent of the 186-page final rule, adopted last week, is to make more information about material cybersecurity incidents available to investors—and quicker.
The rule follows guidance the SEC issued on cybersecurity incident disclosures in 2011 and 2018. While risk reporting and management have improved since then, disclosure practices across companies are “inconsistent,” which the new policy aims to address, the agency said in a fact sheet.
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As conversations about corporate accountability increasingly turn to include questions about “tone from the top” and the responsibility of senior leadership and boards of directors, compliance professionals are increasingly discussing what to do when they see executive wrongdoing. The answer, one panelist who’d help lead a multinational company said, is ...
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Large public companies say they are prepared to comply with the disclosure requirements of the SEC’s new cybersecurity incident rule, according to a survey conducted by Compliance Week and DLA Piper, but concerns exist that those reports could enhance the threat of future cyberattacks.
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Financial businesses and other critical infrastructure entities would have to report significant cybersecurity and ransomware incidents to the federal government under a new rule that will be proposed by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
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Delays to the U.K.’s Audit Reform and Corporate Governance Bill and creation of the ARGA regulator have sparked criticism. On Sept. 8, 66 MPs sent a letter to the Prime Minister urging reforms be returned to the Parliamentary agenda.
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The FTC officially withdrew its appeal in a federal court case over its ban on employer noncompete clauses that it passed last year. The agency, however, says it wants public input regarding the effects of employer noncompete agreements.
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The Department of Health and Human Services is stepping up its enforcement against hospitals and other health entities that block the sharing of electronic health records.
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