Hans Allnutt

Dec 5, 2024 | dacbeachcroft.com | Hans Allnutt

Reflecting on incidents in the past year also assist in understanding the development of the many important issues present in the cyber landscape. Looking back to the morning of 19 July 2024, the visual of the Windows 'Blue Screen of Death', prompted by the CrowdStrike outage symbolised one of the most significant global cyber events since NotPetya in 2017. The incident generated significant questions around cyber resilience.

Jul 11, 2024 | lexology.com | Hans Allnutt |Lara Maslowska

OverviewWhen considering the legal risks associated with cyber, and the insurable exposures, one can be forgiven for thinking that they arise out of privacy related laws such as GDPR[1] or only those organisations operating critical national infrastructuCre and caught by NIS Regulations[2]. These laws were designed to protect individuals and national security. However, looking to the issue of cyber risk, huge gaps lie between the scope of these existing laws.

May 10, 2024 | lexology.com | Hans Allnutt |Lara Maslowska

New draft legislation (APRA) has been announced designed to establish the US's first comprehensive data privacy law. This is a bipartisan bill with high-ranking support and is a step forward for companies and consumers hoping to reach a national standard on data privacy. Key provisions includeA private right of action for individuals to sue under many (though not all) of its provisions. It does not create statutory damages but allows for recovery of reasonable attorneys' fees and litigation costs.