Cybersecurity Whistleblowing Archives

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SEC Charges Against SolarWinds Signal Resolute Cybersecurity Enforcement and May Spur Surge in Cybersecurity Whistleblowing to SEC

Today the SEC filed a complaint against SolarWinds Corporation and its CISO for fraud and internal control failures relating to allegedly known cybersecurity risks and … Continued

SEC Cybersecurity Enforcement Action Underscores Why Cybersecurity Whistleblower Disclosures Should be Protected under SOX

There is mixed authority on whether the Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower protection law protects disclosures about inadequate cybersecurity. Last year, in an unpublished decision, the Third Circuit … Continued

Cybersecurity Whistleblower Attorney Will Speak at CLE About Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Whistleblowers

Cybersecurity Whistleblower Attorney Jason Zuckerman will speak at a CLE on May 13, 2021 about cybersecurity and data privacy whistleblower protections. Zuckerman is privileged to join … Continued

Senate Data Privacy Bill Would Provide Robust Protection to Data Privacy Whistleblowers

On June 18, 2020, Sen. Sherrod Brown introduced the Data Accountability and Transparency Act of 2020 (DATA 2020), which would establish enforceable privacy rights, limit … Continued

False Claims Act Cybersecurity Whistleblower Rewards and Protections for Employees of Federal Contractors and Grantees

Complying with information security and data privacy requirements is a fundamental duty of government contractors and grantees and is vital for the protection … Continued

Data Privacy Whistleblowers Would be Protected Under Proposed Comprehensive Data Privacy Legislation

Yesterday Senators Maria Cantwell, Brian Schatz, Amy Klobuchar, and Ed Markey introduced comprehensive federal online privacy legislation to establish privacy rights, outlaw harmful and deceptive … Continued

Auditor’s Report Indicates that Cybersecurity Disclosures May Be Protected Under SOX

This past month, Ernst & Young (EY) released a report further demonstrating how cybersecurity has affected public corporations and the way they do business. As … Continued

Facebook SEC Enforcement Action Has Important Implications for Cybersecurity Whistleblowing

On July 24, 2019, the SEC announced that Facebook, Inc. has agreed to pay $100 million to resolve charges that Facebook made misleading disclosures regarding … Continued

Whistleblower Firm Publishes Guide to Cybersecurity Whistleblowing

Guide for Cybersecurity Whistleblowers Whistleblower lawyer Dallas Hammer has published a Practitioner’s Guide to Cybersecurity Whistleblowing. The guide can be downloaded here. The guide summarizes rewards and … Continued

Whistleblower Rewards and Protections for Cybersecurity Whistleblowers

What Laws Protect and Reward Whistleblowing About Cybersecurity? A cybersecurity whistleblower can qualify for an SEC whistleblower award, a False Claims Act qui tam … Continued