NEW YORK- LAWFUEL – Law News, Law Jobs Network -ALM’s Law Journal Press®, a leading publisher of books for legal professionals, today announced the publication of “Information Security Law: Control of Digital Assets,” by Mark G. Milone. The book is the publisher’s latest title, focused on digital information and network security issues, ranging from prevention of computer crimes to protection of user privacy and compliance. The volume also provides a detailed examination of the legal issues raised both by efforts to secure network systems and by the failure to do so.
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The author, Mark G. Milone, is the founder of Virtulaw.com and Senior Associate General Counsel at the New York Mercantile Exchange. His practice includes technology outsourcing, intellectual property, corporate governance, data privacy, and joint ventures. Milone has developed legal courses for various organizations such as the SANS Institute and his prior publications include “Hacktivism: Securing the National Infrastructure” and “Biometric Surveillance: Searching for Identity.”
Comprehensive in scope, “Information Security Law: Control of Digital Assets” provides legal professionals with a working knowledge of the technologies used to generate, store, transmit, protect and compromise data. Topics covered include:
Assessing and certifying the effectiveness of internal controls that ensure the accuracy of data used to generate financial reports
Developing policies and procedures that protect the privacy and security of consumers’ personally identifiable information
Satisfying the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act’s privacy and safeguards rules requiring financial institutions to secure their systems
Implementing policies and procedures that protect credit data and prevent crimes such as identity theft
Conducting lawful electronic surveillance and avoiding liability when implementing information security policies, monitoring computer systems, and complying with disclosure requests
Protecting intellectual property, including restricting third parties from using proprietary business methods and software, and identifying goods and services offered in cyberspace
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