Regulation: New York Privacy Act
Abbreviation: NYPA
Governs these parties: all organizations processing information on
residents or those doing business in New York
Enforced by: the office of the Attorney General (OAG)
The New York Privacy Law sets forth provisions for companies to manage personal data responsibly and lawfully. Like Europe’s GDPR, the NYPA includes lawful processing, consent, and individual rights to name a few.
Consumers will have the right to be notified of what data is being processed, by whom, and for what purpose, amongst other details. Before collecting or processing any personal data, the data subject must give their consent, via an unambiguous and informed route.
The rest of this document is designed to help our community understand NYPA better by outlining the following information:
How it relates to cybersecurity
NY data protection laws will obligate companies to acquire consumers’ consent, disclose their de-identification processes, and install controls and safeguards to protect personal information.
They will involve annual risk assessments, as well as demand disclosures regarding automated decision-making driven by personal data and annual data deletion required for data that is no longer needed.
Companies will be obligated to provide easily accessible ways for data subjects to access details of their personal data being held and request corrections, and to provide accessible routes for data subjects to request that companies dispose of their personal data and delete it in its entirety, ensuring that third parties dispose of it too, under the same restrictions.
How Coro handles compliance for you
At Coro, we've done the research thoroughly and regularly track updates to the regulation in order to ensure that you are implementing best practices in the areas we cover when we're protecting your systems.
The following table outlines the requirements described by NYPA that Coro implements in conjunction with Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace.
Disclaimer: this table does not guarantee that your organization is compliant with these regulations. As a best practice, seek assistance from a certified auditor when completing your analysis.
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Category |
Requirement |
How Coro does it |
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Cloud Security & Privacy
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Malware and ransomware injection |
Detects and remediates malware and ransomware files in cloud drives |
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Cloud app account takeover |
Monitors access to cloud apps and user/admin activities on them |
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Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) |
Enforces multi-factor authentication on cloud app access |
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Data governance over cloud drives |
Provides data loss prevention (DLP) for regulatorily and business-sensitive data |
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Audit and activity logs |
Archives all system activities for a period of seven years, supporting referencing and auditing |
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Email Security & Privacy
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Generic and spear phishing |
Detects and remediates social engineering attacks based on email content analysis |
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Identity spoofing |
Detects and remediates social engineering attacks based on adaptive identity monitoring |
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Malware and ransomware injection |
Detects and remediates malware and ransomware in email attachments |
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Embedded links to malicious URLs |
Detects and remediates embedded links to malicious servers |
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DLP over outgoing/incoming email |
Encrypts emails before they are sent, which are then decrypted by their recipients at the other end. |
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Business email compromise (BEC) |
Scans business email, detects and protects against social engineering attacks |
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Email account takeover |
Email attacks from within the organization |
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Audit and activity logs |
Archives all system activities for a period of seven years, supporting referencing and auditing |
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Endpoint Security & Privacy
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Antivirus (AV) |
Detects and remediates files with high-risk content based on their signatures |
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ATP (NGAV) |
Detects and remediates processes exhibiting high-risk behaviors with behavioral analysis |
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Data recovery |
Stores local snapshots of data |
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DLP on endpoint devices |
Provides data loss prevention (DLP) for business-sensitive data and data defined as sensitive by regulations |
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Audit and activity logs |
Archives all system activities for a period of seven years, supporting referencing and auditing |
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Data Governance
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Data distribution governance and role management |
Provides data loss prevention (DLP) for data defined as sensitive by regulations |
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PII monitoring |
Monitor for personally identifiable information, or PII, is information that can be used to identify, contact, or distinguish one unique person from another |
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Audit and activity logs |
Archives all system activities for a period of seven years, supporting referencing and auditing |