Cybersecurity incidents pose a fundamental challenge: How do you reassure stakeholders while acknowledging that many facts remain unknown early in forensic investigations?
Continue Reading How to Reassure Stakeholders When Facts Are Still Unknown During Cyber Incidents
On Dec. 5, 2025, the German act implementing the EU NIS 2 Directive was published.
Continue Reading NIS2 in Germany: The New BSI Act Makes Cybersecurity a Board-Level Issue
The last remaining provisions of the amendments to the New York Department of Financial Services’ (DFS) cybersecurity regulation called Part 500 came into effect Nov. 1, 2025.
Continue Reading NYDFS Final Cybersecurity Rules – MFA, Asset Inventory, and Third-Party Risk
On Oct. 28, 2025, please join Greenberg Traurig and leaders from its Chambers USA Band 1 Retail Industry Group and Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice, along with a legal director from Scott’s Company LLC, for a CLE exploring the evolving landscape of data privacy and security laws and their impact on in-house legal teams.
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In September, DoD finalized the CMMC Program, along with the accompanying contract clauses, with an effective date of Nov. 10, 2025.
Continue Reading Preparing for a CMMC Audit: The System Security Plan
On Sept. 10, 2025, the Department Defense (DoD) issued a final rule amending the Defense Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program for government contractors.
Continue Reading Recapping CMMC Level 3: Considerations for Government Contractors
Starting Nov. 10, 2025, contractors and subcontractors handling controlled unclassified information (CUI) may be required to have a current CMMC Level 2 self-assessment for new contracts and option exercises involving CUI.
Continue Reading Recapping CMMC Level 2: Considerations for Government Contractors
On Sept. 10, 2025, the Department Defense (DoD) issued a final rule amending the Defense Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program for government contractors. This final rule established a November 10, 2025 go-live date for the start of phase 1 of CMMC. As we covered in our prior
In June 2025, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued draft updated guidance for public comment on the Minimum Elements for a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM), which the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) first published in 2021 for federal agencies in response to Executive Order 14028 on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity.
Continue Reading Software Bill of Materials Guidance for Government Contractors
Cybersecurity month starts with a critical compliance date for the Department of Justice (DOJ)’s Data Security Program (DSP). Starting on Oct. 6, any U.S. person or company handling Americans’ bulk sensitive or personal data or U.S. government-related data must implement a written data compliance program that lays out specified due diligence, audit, reporting, and recordkeeping processes for covered data transactions.
Continue Reading Incoming Deadlines and Requirements for DOJ’s Data Security Program on Oct. 6, 2025