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Equifax: a new dawn for FCA enforcement?
The FCA’s recent decision to fine Equifax Limited (“Equifax”) £11,164,400 for failing to manage and monitor the security of UK consumer data outsourced to its US-based parent Equifax Inc. - six years after the investigation was first announced - raises th...
Quantum computing threat: NIST publishes new quantum encryption standards
Ratings agency Moody’s has recently warned that companies are “woefully unprepared” for the impact of quantum computing; in particular, its impact on security. The US government has a program to help combat this risk and last month the National Institute ...
ICO and NCSC sign joint MOU setting out how they will work together
When managing a cyber incident, one pressing issue to consider is "who needs to be notified?" Clients are often prepared to discuss whether or not regulators and customers should be informed, but can be less certain when discussing whether to notify the N...
Full steam ahead: China publishes interim generative AI measures
New week, new measures: such is the current pace of regulatory change regarding AI, each week can bring major new developments in the regulatory landscape. On 13 July 2023, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) published a set of ‘Interim Measures ...
Quantum leap? Key takeaways from the National Quantum Strategy
With AI, blockchain and other emerging tech stealing recent headlines, quantum technologies have been out of the spotlight. However, the importance and widespread applications of quantum technologies is becoming increasingly apparent. In March of this yea...
Remote driving: Law Commission gears up for regulatory change
Autonomous vehicles have dominated headlines for some time now, but the Law Commission has recently turned its attention to remote driving. On 20 February 2023, it published a 134-page paper advising the UK Government on the legal status of remote driving...
UK and US Governments crack down on ransomware criminals
Handling ransom demands (and whether it possible and/or desirable to pay) is one of the most critical aspects of managing a cyber attack. This involves considering the applicable, and evolving, sanctions position, among other risks. Last week, the UK and ...
New app store Code of Practice
In December last year, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) published a new ‘first of its kind’ code of practice aimed at protecting app users. While the code is voluntary, the Government is expecting app store operators and app dev...
Tornado Cash: US Treasury sanctions virtual currency mixer
On Monday 8 August the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned virtual currency mixer Tornado Cash, which operates on the Ethereum blockchain and which, in the words of OFAC, "indiscriminately facilitates anonymo...
Is the NIS regime working? Changes proposed in new review
This month, the Government published its second post-implementation review of the 2018 Network and Information Systems (‘NIS’) Regulations. The NIS regime is designed to help protect the UK, and in particular certain essential services (hospitals, energy,...