SEC Guidance On Cybersecurity Disclosure

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SEC Guidance On Cybersecurity Disclosure

SEC Guidance On Cybersecurity Disclosure- On February 20, 2018, the SEC issued new interpretative guidance on public company disclosures related to cybersecurity risks and incidents. In addition to addressing public company disclosures, the new guidance reminds companies of the importance of maintaining disclosure controls and procedures to address cyber-risks and incidents and reminds insiders that trading while having non-public information related to cyber-matters could violate federal insider-trading laws.

The new guidance begins with an introduction describing the importance of cybersecurity in today’s business world, driving the point home by comparing it to the importance of electricity. Cyber-incidents can take many forms, both intentional and unintentional, and commonly include the unauthorized access of information, including personal information related to customers’ accounts or credit information, data corruption, misappropriating assets or sensitive information or causing operational disruption…