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Debevoise Data Blog: Top 5 Privacy Posts of 2025

By: Charu A. Chandrasekhar, Luke Dembosky, Avi Gesser, Erez Liebermann, Robert Maddox, Julie M. Riewe, Kristin Snyder, Rick Sofield, Sheena Paul, Johanna Skrzypczyk, HJ Brehmer, Martha Hirst, Suchita Mandavilli Brundage, Melyssa Eigen, Ned Terrace, Michelle Shen, Diane Bernabei and Mengyi Xu December 11, 2025

As we approach the end of the year, here are the top 5 privacy posts on the Debevoise Data Blog in 2025. Takeaways for Large Firms from the SEC’s Reg…

Artificial Intelligence

Debevoise Data Blog: Top 14 AI Posts of 2025

By: Charu A. Chandrasekhar, Andrew J. Ceresney, Courtney M. Dankworth, Avi Gesser, Robert B. Kaplan, Gordon Moodie, Jim Pastore, Julie M. Riewe, Jeff Robins, Kristin Snyder, Matt Kelly, Johanna Skrzypczyk, Karen Levy, Diane Bernabei, Michael Bloom, HJ Brehmer, Suchita Mandavilli Brundage, Melyssa Eigen, Joshua A. Goland, Martha Hirst, Gabriel Kohan, Carl Lasker, Jeremy I. Liss, Andreas Constantine Pavlou, Joshua Plastrik, Achutha Raman, Adam Shankman, Stephanie Thomas, Nathaniel Waldman, Annabella M. Waszkiewicz, Stan Gershengoren, William Sadd, Nicholas T. Ziebell, Patty (Virtual AI Specialist) and Sergio (Virtual AI Specialist) December 8, 2025

Why Agentic AI Often Fails and the Enduring Value of Human Judgment (11/4/2025) We’ve been doing a lot of work recently on agentic AI workflows. In this post, we share…

SEC

Takeaways for Large Firms from the SEC’s Reg S-P Webinar

By: Charu A. Chandrasekhar, Julie M. Riewe, Kristin Snyder, Sheena Paul, Johanna Skrzypczyk and Suchita Mandavilli Brundage September 28, 2025

On Thursday, September 25, 2025 the SEC held a webinar for large firms on Regulation S-P—the first of three compliance outreach events regarding its 2024 adoption of amendments to the…

Artificial Intelligence

When AI Failures Could Be “Operations Events” Under Form PF

By: Charu A. Chandrasekhar, Avi Gesser, Sheena Paul, Marc Ponchione, Julie M. Riewe, Kristin Snyder, Suchita Mandavilli Brundage and Christine Liu July 13, 2025

Asset managers are increasingly incorporating AI into critical operations, such as investment, trading, valuation, reporting, and risk management, either through vendor solutions or in their own processes. As with any…

Artificial Intelligence

In 2025, One of the Biggest AI Risks Is Not Letting Employees Use AI – Lessons from Off-Channel Communications

By: Andrew J. Ceresney, Charu A. Chandrasekhar, Avi Gesser, Julie M. Riewe, Kristin Snyder and Suchita Mandavilli Brundage July 7, 2025

Allowing employees to use generative AI (“GenAI”) comes with significant risks—such as the loss of confidentiality over sensitive firm and client information, mistakes occurring in important documents or decisions, loss…

Artificial Intelligence

Top 10 SEC Cyber/AI Blog Posts for 2024

By: Andrew J. Ceresney, Charu A. Chandrasekhar, Luke Dembosky, Avi Gesser, Eric T. Juergens, Arian June, Robert B. Kaplan, Erez Liebermann, Sheena Paul, Benjamin R. Pedersen, Marc Ponchione, Jeff Robins, Paul Rodel, Julie M. Riewe, Kristin Snyder, Jonathan R. Tuttle, Phil Fortino, Matt Kelly, Anna Moody, Stephan J. Schlegelmilch, Johanna Skrzypczyk, Suchita Mandavilli Brundage, Kelly Donoghue, Andreas A. Glimenakis, Alice Gu, John Jacob, Gabriel Kohan, Talia Lorch, Ciera Mandelsberg, Noah L. Schwartz, Ned Terrace and Mengyi Xu December 12, 2024

As we approach the end of the year, here are the Top 10 SEC Cyber/AI posts on the Debevoise Data Blog in 2024 by page views. If you are not…

Artificial Intelligence

Part 2 – Helpful Guidance on Managing (Non-Cybersecurity) AI Risks from Hong Kong’s SFC

By: Luke Dembosky, Avi Gesser, Gareth Hughes, Erez Liebermann, Matt Kelly, Emily Lam and Suchita Mandavilli Brundage November 21, 2024

In Part 1 of this series, we discussed the recent Circular and accompanying Appendix issued by Hong Kong’s Security and Futures Commission (the “SFC”) on cybersecurity risks and mitigations related…

Artificial Intelligence

Helpful Guidance on Managing AI-Related Cybersecurity Risks from Hong Kong’s SFC

By: Avi Gesser, Erez Liebermann, Luke Dembosky, Gareth Hughes, Matt Kelly, Emily Lam and Suchita Mandavilli Brundage November 18, 2024

On November 12, 2024, Hong Kong’s Security and Futures Commission (the “SFC”) issued a Circular (the “Circular”) with an accompanying appendix (the “Appendix”) setting out the SFC’s view of the…

Artificial Intelligence

SEC Targets AI Washing in Private Capital Markets: “Old School Fraud Using New School Buzzwords”

By: Andrew J. Ceresney, Charu A. Chandrasekhar, Avi Gesser, Julie M. Riewe, Kristin Snyder, Matt Kelly and Suchita Mandavilli Brundage June 14, 2024

On June 11, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filed its third matter this year involving “AI washing”—namely, alleged misstatements or omissions by securities market participants about the…

Cybersecurity

The SEC Adopts Significant Cybersecurity Amendments to Reg S-P

By: Charu A. Chandrasekhar, Luke Dembosky, Avi Gesser, Erez Liebermann, Sheena Paul, Marc Ponchione, Julie M. Riewe, Jeff Robins, Kristin Snyder, Anna Moody, Johanna Skrzypczyk, Suchita Mandavilli Brundage and Ned Terrace May 17, 2024

On May 16, 2024, the SEC adopted amendments to Regulation S-P (“Reg S-P”) one year after its proposed amendments (the “Proposed Amendments”). The finalized amendments (“Amended Reg S-P”) largely track…