N.Y. Taps Ex-Prosecutor to Lead New Cybersecurity Unit

A former federal prosecutor will oversee cybersecurity oversight and enforcement for New York’s financial services regulator.

Justin Herring, the leader of the cyber crimes unit for the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, will take the helm of a newly created Cybersecurity Division at the New York Department of Financial Services, the agency announced May 22. No other state banking and insurance regulator has a unit specifically devoted to cybersecurity, the DFS said.

New York has taken the lead among state regulators in setting cybersecurity standards, finalizing first of their kind cybersecurity regulations in February 2017. Herring, in ...