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Theodore Kobus III, co-leader of the Privacy and Data Security Practice at Baker Hostetler, favors state regulation over one size fits all federal regulation of data security notification.
He suggests the right template for data security is HIPAA’s approach. HIPPA has been functioning for more than 10 years and has no uniform standard for security.
Businesses need flexibility to respond to data breaches. The flexibility is necessary based on 3 factors:
Fresh off naming San Antonio the #2 spot for cyber security expertise, St. Mary’s University unveils a new Masters of Science degree in cybersecurity. Texas Public Radio
SB 628 by Van Taylor prohibits a governmental body from:
Today Representatve Jim Murphy announced the formation of the Texas Innovation and High Tech Caucus. Members of the legislature are directed to contact Bradly Pepper in Represenative Murphy’s Office.
Selling student data is a hot topic. Education businesses want to buy student data to tweak their products. Releasing student data is of increasing concern to data privacy advocates, especially since data related to children is far more valuable on the black market.
Maryland is bouncing around how to protect student data. Proposals include:
This week, the U.S. Army Reserve selected UTSA as a founding member of a unique public-private partnership program to train cybersecurity professionals.
Under the Cyber P3 designation, UTSA and other participating schools will help the government fill as many as 40,000 positions nationwide.
A US Chamber of Commerce study ranks San Antonio as #2 area for data security professionals. The industry is working to gain traction with local economic development officials. KSAT
UTSA established its Institute for CyberSecurity in 2001. The Institute trains not only students, but also those in business to improve their cybersecurity.
In 2014, the Institute was named the Top cyber security education program in the nation by certified information technology professionals.
Last week, Brian Engle, DIR’s data security go-to guy, left his state government post. He is now the first employee of a nonprofit, Retail Industry Information Sharing and Analysis Center.
His new role is to support the retail industry in their cybersecurity efforts and their efforts to protect their customer information and information technology.
National Retailers Federation revealed a survey that shows that 97% of surveyed business leaders believe data security is top priority for 2015.