Key Upcoming Deadlines under the New York DFS Cybersecurity Regulation

When New York’s landmark cybersecurity regulation became effective back in March 2017, the Department of Financial Services (DFS) implemented a two-year timeline for implementation of the regulation’s requirements, with a final compliance deadline of March 1, 2019.  Entities covered by the wide-sweeping regulation should remember filing their first certificate of compliance in February of last year.  The two-year implementation period is almost over, and once again, important deadlines are now quickly approaching.  “Covered Entities” (banks, insurance companies, and other financial services institutions and… Continue Reading