Thursday, February 22, 2018

RR: SEC.gov | Statement on Commission Statement and Guidance on Public Company Cybersecurity Disclosures

SEC.gov | Statement on Commission Statement and Guidance on Public Company Cybersecurity Disclosures: The more significant question is whether this rebranded guidance will actually help companies provide investors with comprehensive, particularized, and meaningful disclosure about cybersecurity risks and incidents. I fear it will not.



Per Politico..."Democratic
Commissioner Kara Stein
, though, found fault with the updated guidance. She supported advancing
it, but with reservations. She said the SEC could have done more, like
exploring potential rules that would establish a timeframe for companies to
disclose a breach to investors. "While it may have the potential of providing
both companies and investors with incremental benefit, the guidance does not
sufficiently advance the ball - even in the context of disclosure
guidance," she wrote . "Even more, it may provide investors a false
sense of comfort that we, at the commission, have done something more than we
have."