California Privacy Protection Agency Unveils Preliminary Cybersecurity Audit and Risk Assessment Regulations

On August 29, 2023, the California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) unveiled a series of preliminary regulations on cybersecurity audits and risk assessments. This initiative may seem familiar to those who remember the CPPA’s repeated iterations of draft CCPA regulations. The CPPA liberally tagged this draft with numerous conditions, implying that we may revisit this discussion yet again in the future.

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Given the weight and potential implications, it is crucial for corporate legal teams and law firms to carefully scrutinise these proposed regulations. The CPPA’s new draft outlines the parameters for conducting cybersecurity audits and risk assessments, an area of critical importance for all companies dealing with customer data.

As we anticipate future revisions and potential changes to these regulations, it is crucial that legal professionals remain current with these developments. As such, employment of comprehensive strategies that monitor these changes closely will be crucial moving forward.

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