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Which financial entity is facing an SEC fine for a data breach? Morgan Stanley
How much is the SEC fine? $1,000,000
What was the data breach? Security measures failed to prevent an employee from transfering account information to a private server that was hacked
What do federal rules require of financial entities? policies and procedures that are reasonably designed to protect customer data
The Hill | Morgan Stanley to pay $1M SEC fine for data breach
What government is requiring authorization from the governing body before a purchase of surveillance equipment can be made? Santa Clara County deep on Silicon Valley
Which police purchases will require approval? Any law enforcement purchase of new surveillance technologies. e.g.:
What entities can approve the police technology? County board and district attorney approval are required
Why require…
Data Security is the 1 key element missing from the 7 states that have passed self driving car laws.
Cars can be hacked. Cars contain data. The data your car’s computers contain can be used for:
California is addressing vehicle data via regulation by requiring:
IT Pro Portal | Why four-year-old data is more valuable than you think
What cyber security threat could be helped by old school methods? Electric Grid Security
Who is proposing old school solutions? 4 U.S. Senators: King, Heinrich, Risch, Collins
What does the legislation call for?
The Hill | Senate bill would encourage ‘retro’ grid security approach
What is civic hacking? hackers doing good to solve governmental problems
How does it work? The feds listed 16 issues that it needs helps with and called for a National Day of Civic Hacking. Examples include:
Which school district experienced a data breach of its W-2 data, and all data retlated to persons who have received payment from the school district? Concord, N.H.
When did the breach occur? April
How did the breach occur? Social engineering, a targeted approach in which the hacker masquerades as the superintendent soliciting information
Did the data breach result in the information being used? Yes, false tax returns were filed based on the hacked information
When did the school…
What is ransomware? A data security attack that freezes computer data, but leaves the business, such as a hospital, otherwise functioning so that services are not disrupted. A ransom is asked for and in exchange the data is liberated.
What statutes are states amending? Computer crimes to apply extortion to computer violations
What specific statutory tweaks is California considering after ransomware attacks at California hospitals?
3 pieces of ransomware intel critical to hospital data security:
The equation for a data breach of NFL records: