Blog 313-E

The retirement savings program (TSP) for federal employees is changing its policy in light of the Supreme Court’s recent DOMA/gay marriage decision. Effective today, an interim rule will include same sex marriages. To decide who qualifies as a spouse under a Thrift Savings Plan, the...

Cybersecurity insurance is designed to mitigate losses from a variety of cyber incidents, including data breaches, network damage, and cyber extortion. The Department of Commerce has described cybersecurity insurance as an “effective, market-driven way of increasing cybersecurity” because it may help reduce the number of...

Summary: Recognizing that the national and economic security of the United States depends on the reliable functioning of critical infrastructure, the President under the Executive Order “Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity” has directed NIST to work with stakeholders to develop a voluntary framework for reducing cyber...

Organizations concerned with Mobile Device Security have new guidelines from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”), which released an update of its 2008-era special publication to reflect the tremendous growth of mobile devices since: Guidelines for Managing the Security of Mobile Devices in the Enterprise (SP 800-124r1))(the “Mobile...

If your company uses the Internet to share information, you may consider amping up your cybersecurity. According to a recent IBISWorld report, 10 growing industries will increasingly depend on cybersecurity services—ranging from data encryption to protection from malware—within the next five years. Industries include the following: Online Payment Processing Software Developers Virtual Data Rooms...

According to gb.tc Baltimore is a national leader in Civic Hacking. Civic hackers are everyday people (designers, entrepreneurs, engineers, technologists, civil servants… anybody) who are willing to collaborate with others to address challenges relevant to our neighborhoods, cities, states, and country. In Baltimore, civic hackers...

The U.S. Senate has overwhelmingly, and with strong bipartisan support, passed the Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013 (the Act) by a vote of 69-27. The bill would allow a state to require certain remote sellers to collect sales and use tax on sales made to...

In what is being billed as the first effort to apply the traditional rules of war to state-sponsored hacking, a think tank has released a treatise on the legal parameters of cyberwar. In discussions that are often advisory because of the cutting-edge topic, The Tallinn...

ICANN is requesting comments concerning the issue of closed generics gTLDs. The comments period closes March 7th. Below is Dondi’s official comment sent to ICANN. Dear ICANN Representative, In response to your request for public comments regarding whether applications for closed gTLDs should be allowed for generic...