The Department of Justice and SEC Provide Guidance on How to Prevent and Respond to Cybersecurity Threats

In response to an ever-growing number of malicious and costly cyber-attacks on U.S. companies, both the Cybersecurity Unit of the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section of the U.S. Department of Justice and the Division of Investment Management of the Securities and Exchange Commission recently published reports providing guidance on how private sector companies—both large and small—can minimize the risk of a cyber-attack as well as the resulting harm should an attack occur.

This report provides a useful overview of steps private entities can take now to mitigate the risk and consequences of cybercrime.