SEC official defends new cyber disclosure rule that some lawmakers seek to overturn

A top U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) official on Wednesday defended the agency’s new cybersecurity disclosure rule in the face of withering criticism from industry groups and Republicans in Congress. While Erik Gerding, the director of the division of corporation finance at the SEC, was not asked directly about a new Congressional effort to

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