Davis Hake recently spoke with The Register on Infosec and likely major policy changes on Trump's watch. The following is an excerpt:
Infosec specialist Davis Hake told The Register he thinks change will come to reporting rules.
Hake is now senior director of law firm Venable’s cybersecurity services, and previously served as manager of cyber operations at DHS and director on the US National Security Council where he led the cyber incident response team for federal IT networks.
"Companies are looking at the number of different ways they have to report on data breaches, and folks have asked whether the SEC could reexamine some of the requirements they have," Hake said, adding that discussions among lawmakers are ongoing about harmonizing the security incident reporting process.
"Across partisan lines everyone has agreed that cyber incidents are material to a company's financial well-being," he said. "But is the SEC reporting timeline unreasonably short? Is the SEC the right one to collect the technical data? What do those requirements looks like? Those details could all be up for examination as this next administration looks for areas to reduce the regulatory burden."
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