Heads Up — SEC Proposes New Requirements for Cybersecurity Disclosures (March 16, 2022)
This issue discusses the SEC’s recently issued proposed rule "Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure," which would require registrants to provide enhanced disclosures about “cybersecurity incidents and cybersecurity risk management, strategy, and governance.” The proposal addresses concerns related to the pervasive use of digital technologies, shift to hybrid work environments, rise in the use of cryptoassets, and increase in illicit profits from ransomware and stolen data, which continue to escalate cybersecurity risk and its related cost to registrants and investors.
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