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Understanding Information Security and Privacy Standards, Audits, and Certifications for Business

Chris Couch (Birmingham) and Drew Patty (Baton Rouge) co-presented “Understanding Information Security and Privacy Standards, Audits, and Certifications for Business” on Wednesday, October 7 during the 2020 Virtual Consumer Finance Legal Conference.

Chris and Drew shined a bright light on ISO 27000 series certifications, SOC audits, PCI standards, ANSI standards, and NIST standards as they relate to data security and privacy; reviewed what these are, why they are used and by whom, and when they apply; and what financial institutions need to know about their impact on and use in business.

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McGlinchey in the News

Experts Fear Civil Rights Rollback in Ruling on Border Data Searches

April 8, 2021

Member Dhruv Sharma (Irvine) was quoted in an April 7 article in Digital Privacy News regarding the U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals' ruling allowing U.S. Border Patrol agents to search travelers’ cellphones and laptops without a warrant.

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COVID-19 and At-Home Workers, Cybersecurity Considerations

March 25, 2020

As small and midsized companies that had previously rejected the idea of remote workers find themselves scrambling to implement exactly that, it is important to appreciate the particular cybersecurity risks that a distributed workforce presents and to review some simple measures to address them.