The European Commission issued a proposal for a Cyber Resilience Act that introduces cybersecurity rules for manufacturers and developers of Internet of Things (IoT) digital products.
ENISA publishes the cyber-threat landscape for 2021 providing an overview of the most common cybersecurity threats in Europe, the main market trends, the most influential actors, and the preferred attack techniques, which obviously include ransomware.
The European Commission's proposed revision of the NIS Directive includes onerous new cybersecurity obligations for all medium-sized and large enterprises.
LawBytes #33 deals with the Candian guidelines on privacy consent and the consultation on blockchain industry cybersecurity launched by the Maltese financial regulator.
Cybersecurity represents a major risk for companies that will need to change their approach on security in 2019, also in relation to M&A transactions, and corrective actions might include a cyber risk insurance coverage according to our predictions.