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DOJ issues updated cybersecurity incident response guidance
On September 28, the DOJ issued updated guidance originally presented the day before at a cybersecurity roundtable discussion on best practices for companies when responding to and reporting cybersecurity incidents. Officials from the DOJ, National Security Council, and the Department of Homeland Security made remarks regarding the difficulty in handling data breach investigations at the roundtable. The revised guidance, titled Best Practices for Victim Response and Reporting Cyber Incidents, addressed new issues such as creating relationships with incident response firms, cloud computing, ransomware attacks, and information-sharing with law enforcement. The DOJ further emphasized that properly assessing risk is the key to establishing effective cybersecurity priorities.