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First batch of SEC cyber rule disclosures boost CISO visibility

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The SEC’s new cybersecurity disclosure rules put the burden on companies to give investors current information about material cyber risks. We assess progress so far.

Some large companies are making their first regulatory filings under the SEC’s new cybersecurity rules (effective for compliance purposes in mid-December) and such filings are revealing about their cyber programs.

As the WSJ pointed out this weekend, companies like Lockheed, oil-field services provider Schlumberger and equipment rental company United