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Potential Legal Pitfalls for Public Companies Due to SEC's New Cybersecurity Rules

Some 16 months after first proposing rules for public companies and investment advisors, the SEC adopted new rules, chief among them that public companies disclose material cybersecurity breaches to investors within four days.

8 minute read August 01, 2023 at 12:11 AM
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Tommy Smith
Potential Legal Pitfalls for Public Companies Due to SEC's New Cybersecurity Rules

The Security and Exchange Commission's (SEC) march toward putting stringent cybersecurity disclosure requirements in place for public companies and covered entities reached its endpoint last month.

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