Data Breach, GDPR, & SEC Compliance – 10/01/2025

This compliance digest highlights critical breaches and regulatory shifts impacting organizations globally. A Florida medication management provider disclosed a significant data breach due to phishing, while the UK grapples with financial crime reforms. Jaguar Land Rover faced a major cyber attack, and China implemented strict cyber incident reporting rules. Stay informed to enhance your compliance posture and mitigate emerging risks.

Top 5 Critical Compliance Alerts

  • Florida Medication Management Provider Discloses 150K-record Data Breach: Outcomes One, a Florida-based business associate, disclosed a phishing incident affecting almost 150,000 individuals. Read more
  • Human Error and Accidental Data Breaches: Lessons from Recent Cases: Verizon’s 2025 DBIR indicates 60% of breaches involve human error, including misconfigured AWS buckets and incorrect email practices. Read more
  • UK Financial Crime Reform: What Firms Need to Know: The private wealth management sector is highly susceptible to financial crime risks, including fraud, money laundering and sanctions breaches. Read more
  • Our Experts’ Views on the Jaguar Land Rover Cyber Attack: JLR halted production across three UK plants following a major cyber attack, impacting 30,000 employees and its supply chain. Read more
  • China Imposes One-Hour Reporting Rule for Major Cyber Incidents: New regulations in China mandate reporting major cyber incidents within one hour, signaling a focus on hardening networks. Read more

Compliance Frameworks

  • HIPAA Risk Assessment – Is this required?: A reminder about the importance of HIPAA risk assessments. Read more
  • Achieving CJIS Compliance in the Cloud Era: A Strategic Imperative for State and Local Agencies: Considerations for achieving CJIS compliance when using cloud services. Read more
  • Who Needs ISO 27001 Foundation Training?: Discusses the roles that benefit from ISO 27001 training, emphasizing its value beyond auditors and security consultants. Read more

Regulatory Updates

  • SEC Guidance on the Government Shutdown: Guidance on potential delays in SEC interactions due to the government shutdown. Read more
  • EIOPA Raises Concerns Over Proposed European Union Climate-Reporting Scope Reduction: EIOPA cautions against scaling back mandatory sustainability disclosures in the EU. Read more
  • A Guide to the EU GDPR’s Requirements for an EU Representative: Explanation of the EU GDPR requirements for non-EEA organizations to appoint an EU representative. Read more
  • BIS Ratchets Up Export Controls, Adopts 50 Percent Affiliate Rule: BIS expands the Entity List to include foreign subsidiaries and affiliates of listed companies. Read more

Audit & Monitoring Tools

  • The AI Exchange: Innovators in Payment Security Featuring Elavon Inc.: A blog series from PCI Security Standards Council on adopting AI in payment security. Read more

Third-Party Risk & Due Diligence

  • Decoding BIS’s New 50 Percent Rule: End-User Controls Extended to Affiliates: Analysis of BIS’s interim final rule expanding end-user controls to cover affiliates. Read more

Policy & Governance Updates

  • Deregulation Déjà Vu: 3 Cycles Every Compliance Leader Should Remember: Wolters Kluwer’s Elaine Duffus discusses cycles of deregulation, risk-taking, and crisis in financial services. Read more

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