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Securities and Exchange Commission, Commission Statement and Guidance on Public Company Cybersecurity Disclosures (Feb. 2018) (full-text).

Overview[]

This SEC guidance calls on public companies to be more forthcoming when disclosing cybersecurity risks, even before a breach or attack as occurred. It also warns that corporate insiders must not trade shares when they have information about cybersecurity issue that is not yet public.