Individuals who are fully covered under a firm’s program are broadly exempt.
Completing the risk assessment can be a challenging task. One way to make that task easier is to look to frameworks or approaches that have already been developed and become established.
By February 15, 2018, every New York licensee must certify compliance with the state's cybersecurity regulations.
Several years of preparation became reality when the New York Department of Financial Services introduced its first-in-the nation cybersecurity regulation in 2017 covering agents and brokers among other financial services providers and professionals.
Organizations have a lot of work to complete by February 15, 2018. Those that can't make that deadline have limited options, but there are approaches they can try.