The growth of investment in cybersecurity firms since 2011: 235%
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Monthly Archives: August 2016
TREND. Data Security. Political Campaigns. 3 Points Informed Intel about Campaign Internal Controls.
The Democratic National Committee this week announced a new cybersecurity advisory board.
The intel to keep you informed about the future of campaigns and data security:
- Created by new DNC Chair Donna Brazille
- Composed of security experts, including:
- National Security. Rand Beers, former Department of Homeland Security acting secretary
- Lawyer. Nicole Wong, former deputy chief technology officer of the U.S. and a former technology lawyer for Google and Twitter
- Tech…
3 Reasons Hackers Target Health Care Data.
What type of healthcare data? Medical records and wearable data from heart monitors to implanted devices to fitbits
What is crucial about protecting health care data? It must be protected as the information moves from device to cloud storage to medical records end point at a physician or hospital
What makes health records more valuable?
- Unlike financial information, health data or changes to social security numbers are not quickly identifiable
- The release of health records includes…
INTERIM. TREND. Data Security. Businesses. 3 Regulatory Points from a Texas White Hat Hacker.
Why are businesses not securing all online information? Its profitable to not secure the data. The penalties for not securing data are not impactful.
What legislation or regulatory reform is crucial? Not government specifics on security but rather strong enforcement and meaningful fines from regulatory enforcement.
What’s the future in hacking? Its not buying and selling information, but rather modification of the data that is out there already.
Largest Data Breach Settlement Against Health Care Provider.
The enforcing regulatory authority: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
The data breach: 4 million patients personal data, financial information and electronic health information was exposed in 3 different incidents within 1 year.
The Settlement amount: almost $6 million fine
Fantasy Sports Facing Data Security Questions
What data security issues are being bandied about against Fantasy Sports?
- Communicating with consumers requesting personal information without the use of encryption
- Asking customers to send sensitive information, such as Social Security Numbers, and credit card images, via unencrypted email
Is ther an investigation? A complaint filed with the FTC
Daily Dashboard | Daily fantasy sports sites face data security questions
Technology Saves Life. Humans Win.
A Tesla self driving car drove its owner to a hospital.
Tech Crunch | Autopilot in Tesla Model X helps driver get safely to a hospital
Hacking Voting Machines. 4 key Pieces of Informed Intel.
Why are voting machines an easy target for hackers? Most voting machines operate on Windows XP, which has not had a security patch from Microsoft since 2014
A hack isn’t the only way to cause voting chaos? Slowing the machines down can be enough to turn people away from the polls
Is this a real, existing problem? Yes, it is. “Virginia decertified thousands of insecure WinVote machines”
The best way to control for electronic voting machine intereference? Auditing the vote.
3 Issues for Legislators and Regulators. Data Security Class Actions.
- Cyber Insurance policies are still new and prone to litigation.
- Companies should vet all public statements through lawyers
- 2 federal Circuits have loosened up when a suit can continue. Its not as easy to get these cases kicked out of the courtroom.
Texas Lawyer | 3 Things GCs Should Know About Data Privacy Class Actions
TREND. Health and Fitness Trackers. State Focuses on Privacy
California Legislature is pushing forward with a bill to prohibit the sharing of information from health trackers without express authorization.
The Recorder | Five Bills to Watch in the California Legislature