Amid a recent Reuters report that Facebook has suspended fake accounts looking to sow discord ahead of the upcoming November election, and as revelations that 12 Russian intelligence officials interfered with the 2016 election cycle continue to make shockwaves, concerns about cyber security and the integrity of online systems, and the functions they support, are …
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Tim Murphy Listed Among “Most Influential People in Security” by Security Magazine
Thomson Reuters Special Services (TRSS) President Tim Murphy was listed by Security magazine as one of 19 leaders on it’s annual “The Most Influential People in Security 2016” list. Murphy, who marked 23 years of service with the FBI when he retired as the agency’s associate deputy director and chief operating officer in 2011, is …
- September 29, 2016
- Alex Cook
The State of Cybersecurity and the Law Firm
Legal Current caught up with Tim Murphy, president, Thomson Reuters Special Services, LLC and former deputy director, Federal Bureau of Investigations, following his panel session at the 7th Annual Law Firm CFO/CIO/COO Forum, held last week in New York. Tim’s panel, A Rumor of War: Regulation, Revelations & the State of Cybersecurity in 2017, focused …
- June 19, 2017
- Scott Augustin
What’s in a Name? The Battle Over Name, Image & Likeness Rights for NCAA Student-Athletes Continues
It happened. The NCAA has introduced a framework to allow collegiate student athletes to profit off publicity rights. The report came from the NCAA’s Federal and State Legislation Working Group. The NCAA currently prohibits student athletes profiting off their name, image, or likeness (NIL) rights while in college (a prohibition unique to athletes compared to, …
- May 21, 2020
- Peter Colin
CFO/CIO/COO Forum: As Cybersecurity Risks Increase, Law Firms Need to Step Up Protection
The growing and constant threat of cybersecurity breaches is something law firms need to address urgently and forcefully; but increasingly, they are falling behind on investment and commitment to create and maintain adequate privacy and data protection, according to several legal and cybersecurity experts. The comments came as part of a panel on cybersecurity entitled, …
- June 15, 2017
- Alex Cook
IACP and Thomson Reuters Honor Homeland Security Investigations Cyber Division for its Efforts to Confront Child Sexual Exploitation
Thomson Reuters and the International Association of Chiefs of Police today announced that Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Cyber Division has been recognized with their annual Award for Excellence in Criminal Investigation. In 2015 alone, HSI seized nearly six petabytes of data in the course of criminal investigations, with more than half of this data coming …
- October 19, 2016
- Alex Cook
IACP 2015 – The National Initiative for Building Community Trust & Justice
Since 2013, the Department of Justice has examined ways that it can work with law enforcement to build trust in communities. As Edward Chung, senior advisor, Office of Justice Programs with the Department of Justice, noted, the department is not known for moving quickly, but since the program began, the notion of “trust” between law …
- October 29, 2015
- Alex Cook
The importance of end-of-life directives
The world lost a gem this week with the passing of Casey Kasem, radio and TV icon and the voice of Norville “Shaggy” Rogers from Scooby Doo. His death also marked the end of a very public legal battle between family members over his end-of-life directive. After Kasem was told he had Parkinson’s Disease in …
- June 19, 2014
- Susan Martin