Global Private Equity Watch - Feed https://privateequity.weil.com/category/cybersecurity/ Fri, 22 May 2026 16:31:29 +0000 hourly 1 Impact of the EU Trade Secrets Directive on M&A Transactions https://privateequity.weil.com/cybersecurity/impact-eu-trade-secrets-directive-ma-transactions/ Tue, 20 Mar 2018 14:04:09 +0000 Barry Fishley https://privateequity.weil.com/?p=2431 EU Member States have until 9 June 2018 to implement the Trade Secrets Directive (2016/943/EU) into their national laws. Whilst the new Directive very helpfully aligns the legal protections conferred on trade secrets across the EU, it also contains specific prerequisites for companies wishing to take advantage of these new protections. Crucially, the Trade Secrets […]

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]]> New EU Privacy Laws That May Impact US Private Fund Sponsors https://privateequity.weil.com/funds/new-eu-privacy-laws-may-impact-us/ Tue, 31 Oct 2017 18:41:12 +0000 Barry Fishley Muzaffar Shah https://privateequity.weil.com/?p=2320 As many will by now be aware, a major new data privacy law – the “General Data Protection Regulation” (“GDPR”) will come into force in May 2018, introducing substantial changes to current European privacy laws. US based private fund sponsors that market fund interests to individual (i.e., non-institutional) investors in the European Union (“EU”) may […]

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]]> Cybersecurity Reminder for Private Fund Sponsors https://privateequity.weil.com/features/cybersecurity-reminder-private-fund/ Tue, 18 Jul 2017 14:26:52 +0000 David E. Wohl https://privateequity.weil.com/?p=2289 In light of recent high-profile ransomware incursions and other cyberattacks on businesses around the world, we would like to remind private fund sponsors that in the SEC’s view cybersecurity is a key element of an investment adviser’s compliance program. The SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) recently conducted examinations of registered broker-dealers and […]

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]]> The Threat of Ransomware to Private Equity Firms https://privateequity.weil.com/features/the-threat-of-ransomware-to-private-equity-firms/ Tue, 01 Mar 2016 19:16:20 +0000 Global Private Equity Watch https://peblog.wpengine.com/?p=1527 As noted by one well-known commentator in the cybersecurity space, Graham Cluley, “Online extortion – whether it be by ransomware encrypting victims’ files and locking up computers, or demanding payment to stop blasting websites offline through denial-of-service attacks – is surging and only likely to get worse in the next six months.  Unless companies take steps […]

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]]> As noted by one well-known commentator in the cybersecurity space, Graham Cluley, “Online extortion – whether it be by ransomware encrypting victims’ files and locking up computers, or demanding payment to stop blasting websites offline through denial-of-service attacks – is surging and only likely to get worse in the next six months.  Unless companies take steps […]

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]]> Did the Regulatory Cybersecurity Shoe Just Drop? SEC Enforcement Action in In re R.T. Jones Capital Equities Management, Inc. https://privateequity.weil.com/cybersecurity/did-the-regulatory-cybersecurity-shoe-just-drop-sec-enforcement-action-in-in-re-r-t-jones-capital-equities-management-inc/ Thu, 24 Sep 2015 20:31:19 +0000 David E. Wohl https://peblog.wpengine.com/?p=1058 Just days after the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”) issued its second round of cybersecurity guidance for its upcoming examinations of registered investment advisers and broker-dealers, the SEC settled an administrative proceeding on cybersecurity issues arising out of a breach at a registered investment adviser, R.T. Jones Capital Equities Management, Inc. (“R.T. […]

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]]> “Radar Screen” Cybersecurity Considerations for Funds and Registered Advisers https://privateequity.weil.com/insights/radar-screen-cybersecurity-considerations-for-funds-and-registered-advisers/ Mon, 22 Jun 2015 14:31:32 +0000 Global Private Equity Watch https://peblog.wpengine.com/?p=857 Despite the worldwide cybersecurity pandemic, we still see and hear the argument that private funds and fund managers should be less concerned about cybersecurity because they don’t hold personally identifiable information or other critical customer information like credit card or customer healthcare information. Certainly each type of information is a “high value” target, especially healthcare […]

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