In Wake of Equifax Breach: Standards Advance, Uncertainty Follows

In this article, F. Paul Greene, partner in the privacy and data security practice group, discusses post-Equifax efforts by lawmakers and regulators to reduce the cyber threat anxiety of their constituents. He examines the move by the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) to extend the requirements in 23 NYCRR Part 500 and the proposed Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security (SHIELD) Act.

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