Kutak Rock attorney Jason Kotlyarov authored an article, “Cybersecurity Guide for JATC Training Directors,” published in the September 2025 issue of Secure Unions magazine. The article provides practical guidance for Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committees (JATCs), which face unique challenges in balancing compliance obligations with limited resources.

In his piece, Jason explains how JATCs, functioning simultaneously as ERISA plans, employers, and registered apprenticeship programs, must comply with Department of Labor (DOL) cybersecurity best practices. He outlines key steps training directors can take, including conducting comprehensive cybersecurity inventories, reviewing data access and retention policies, and ensuring issues are communicated to the Board of Trustees. He also emphasizes the importance of working with legal counsel and cybersecurity professionals to implement feasible protections within constrained budgets.

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Jason focuses his practice on providing full-service representation to employee benefit plans, plan sponsors and fiduciaries, which includes issues pertaining to governance, compliance, amendment/policy review and drafting and litigation. He is one of the few attorneys in the nation who specializes in representing registered apprenticeship plans, including standards and policy review, program compliance with applicable Department of Labor and state apprenticeship laws, advising on complex prohibited transactions issues unique to apprenticeship plans, scholarship loans, employment law issues and more.