State Department Establishes Cybersecurity Bureau The U.S. Department of State on April 4 launched a new Bureau of Cybersecurity and Digital Policy (CDP). The bureau will focus on national security challenges and economic opportunities related to cybersecurity and digital rights.…
On March 25, the European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders, and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo issued a joint statement announcing a preliminary replacement for the Privacy Shield framework. The Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework will allow data transfers between…
On February 22, 2022, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published a request for comments and information (RFI) on how to improve NIST Cybersecurity Resources: The Cybersecurity Framework (CSF). CSF provides organizations with standards, guidelines, and best practices…
On March 9, 2022, President Biden issued an Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets, which outlines the federal government’s comprehensive strategy for the treatment of cryptocurrency. In this order, the White House stated that in November 2021,…
On Tuesday, March 2, the U.S. Senate passed the Strengthening American Cybersecurity Act of 2022 (Act). Introduced less than one month ago by Sens. Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH), the spending bill combines three bills introduced in late…
On March 2, 2021, Virginia enacted the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA), becoming the second U.S. state, after California, to enact a comprehensive data privacy law. Although the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the VCDPA are at the…
