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SEC Shows It's Serious About Cyber Security
A week after OCIE announced it would conduct a second round of cyber-security exams, the Commission emphasized the issue by bringing an enforcement action against a non-custodial investment-adviser over a remediated data breach that caused no customer harm. The adviser used a third-party-hosted web server, on which was stored the personally-identifiable information ("PII") of about 100,000 people, including the firm's 8,400 customers. The server suffered a cyber-attack and data breach in July 2013. The firm responded by retaining multiple consultants, investigating the ...
Posted in: Cyber Security, OCIE, SEC, SIFMA
Tags: burr forman, cyber-security exams, OCIE, personally-identifiable information, PII, Safeguards Rule, SEC, Securities and Exchange Commission, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, Securities Litigation & Arbitration, SIFMA
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