Welcome to the Future!
From where did this cyber security czar idea eminate? It was in the 2016 proposed federal budget from the White House. The feds had a gigantic data breach, so its time to fix it.
Are state’s picking up on a state cyber security czar position? Yes, including a proposal this week from California
What moves states to implement a state cyver security czar? Here’s what motivated California legislators:
The Hill | IRS: Taxpayer breach much larger than previously reported
Drug Delivery Systems data is a new target and concern for data security.
Medical Device & Diagnostic Industry | The Data Revolution Comes to Drug Delivery
…hackers. Yes, that’s right 98% of the data breaches in 2015 that occured in health care were initiated by hackers.
That’s an 80% increase over 2014.
What is the intent of the hackers that seek health care information?
AJMC.com | Cyberattack on Hollywood Hospital Part of a Growing Trend
Stacey Napier will lead the Department of Information Resources as the its executive director beginning mid-March 2016.
Napier replaces Todd Kimbriel, the interim executive director of DIR.
An overview of her background:
Austin Business Journal | Texas names Capitol veteran as technology agency director
Spec’s experienced a data breach that resulted in legal fees. Spec’s was insured and has sued its insurer over the coverage of costs incurred from the data breach.
3 Take aways from a Texas Company with data breach insurance coverage:
The question for Texas, does holding business data hostage constitute a crime?
Where did data get held hostage? In California
How was the data held hostage? “malicious “ransomware” application to encrypt data on the hospital’s computer system, demanding payment in exchange for a decryption key”
What type of business? Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center patient input information
What did the hackers want? $17,000 worth of bitcoin was paid to retrieve an encryption…
How much data has been gathered by license plate readers in Texas? Estimated 10 million license plate pictures, with locations, collected by month.
What can be done with this stored license plate information? It can track the location of a vehicle by plotting its sightings by day and time
What’s happening on this legislatively?
What happened to spark stronger student data privacy protections? A court allowed for the release of student data to a group of parents who are fighting a court battle over the quality of education for disabled students.
What data do legislators want to prevent schools from releasing?
What is the nobel purpose of the legislative action? Schools collect data that is neither…
What data is being collected and sold by electronic devices? Smart televisions gather information about viewing habits and that data is sold to third parties .
Do owners of smart tvs know or have they consented to the data collection? According to a series of law suits, no, owners neitehr know of the data collection nor consent to it.
WFAA | Vizio’s smart TVs are snitches, lawsuit alleges