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Two Minutes With Tim - NY SHIELD Act - What Do Insurance Agencies Have To Do?

​New York enacted a cybersecurity law last year. What does that mean for insurance agents and brokers? If they're complying with the New York regulation on Cybersecurity Requirements for Financial Services Companies, not much. Just be prepared to notify the state attorney general if something goes seriously wrong. Watch:

 

Big I NY report, June 21, 2019

New York General Business Law Section 899-bb

Two Minutes With Tim - NY Cyber Regulation - Do You Have To File the Notice of Exemption Each Year?

​Probably not. ​

 

​Do you need to submit a new "notice of exemption?"

Two Minutes With Tim - NY Cyber Regulation - Certification of Compliance Deadline Changed

​The New York State Department of Financial Services is giving you more time to make your annual filing.

 

DFS announcement​​

Big I NY report​

Two Minutes With Tim: NY Cyber Reg - Certification of Compliance Reminders

​If you received an email from the New York State Department of Financial Services about the certification of compliance, here's what you need to know.​

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Two Minutes With Tim: Who Would Hack You? Who Would Hack Me?

Big I New York members call and email me frequently with questions about New York's cybersecurity regulation. Until last week, it was academic to me. No longer. A funny thing happened to my personal website ("funny" depending on your point of view.) To contradict Michael Coreone, it's not business, Sonny; it's personal.

What am I talking about? Watch and learn from my experience.

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