Compliance , GLBA , Video
Cyber Attorney Joseph Burton on Regulators' Influence on Emerging Standard of Care
Over the past year, fines levied by various regulatory agencies against breached entities have helped to shape and clarify what cybersecurity attorney Joseph Burton calls the cybersecurity standard of care - a standard for reasonable security that courts will turn to when determining liability and fault in the wake of a breach.
See Also: 2017 Predictions on Data Security: Insights on Important Trends in Security for the Banking Industry
In this video interview recorded at ISMG's San Francisco Fraud and Breach Prevention Summit, Burton discusses:
How the cybersecurity standard of care outlined in 2002 by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act is now being used by regulators and courts; How the cybersecurity standard of care and reasonable security are linked; and Why we're getting closer to attaining a recognized and understood cybersecurity standard of behavior.Also, see Burton here as he presents on The Ever Changing Regulatory Environment: How Will It Impact Your Business?
At the law firm Duane Morris, Burton focuses on information security and cyberfraud issues as well as civil, criminal and appellate litigation. He advises and represents individuals and corporations regarding their rights and responsibilities in maintaining the security of digital information. His practice includes trade secret, trademark and patent litigation, with an emphasis on cybercrime and cybersecurity. Burton is a former assistant U.S. attorney who handled several pioneering high technology investigations and prosecutions, including the first prosecution in the nation for criminal copyright infringement of computer code.