Protecting Education Data. Consider this 3rd Party Education Vendor Experience in Chicago

What data was shared? Chicago Public Schools improperly shared student information that led to direct advertising by a Charter School. 

How did a 3rd party gain access to public school data? A school employee willingly shared it with the Charter School.

SC Media | Chicago Public School data improperly shared

3 Steps to Thwart Ransomeware. Local Government Success Over Hackers.

How did San Francisco’s Muni system stop a ransomeware attack that held its system hostage? In 3 steps:

  • Shut down electronics- opened fare gates & shut down ticket machines
  • Contacted Homeland Security
  • Relied on its technology team to restart the system from a backup

The success of Muni’s actions:

  • Friday night the electronic ticketing shut down, by Monday the system was up and running
  • No confidential information was obtained by the hackers
  • Muni never communicated with the hackers…

State Regulators Impose Data Security Rules on Utilities. 3 Key Pieces of Intel.

Where: Michigan

The regulators who want to impsoe data security standards on utilities: Michigan Public Service Commission

What data security requirements would be added to utlities?

  • require annual reporting that overivews:
    • utility cybersecurity programs
    • staffing numbers
    • describes employee training
    • explains cybersecurity threats that have been experienced

Washington Times | State wants rules to toughen utilities’ cybersecurity

Data Security in beyond traditional HIPPA medical information.

What medical information isn’t covered by HIPAA?genomic, lifestyle, financial, environmental and other information that wearbale devices and meters store

Is all the genomic and lifestyle data HIPAA worthy? Some of it probably should be covered

What do we need to know about geonomic and lifestyle data? We have to think about medical information outside the traditional format. 

Security Privacy & the Law | Cybersecurity 2017 – The Year In Preview: HIPAA Compliance

Procurement Opportunities. 3 Data Security Recommendations. Senate Business and Commerce.

Senate Business & Commerce interim report offers these recommendations on cybersecurity:

  • the voluntary nature of state cybersecurity policies are a problem (i.e. need more requirements with hint, hint: more procurement opportunities)
  • require technical risk assessments at state agencies
  • USE PRIVATE SECTOR TECHNOLOGIES like cloud storage

A plethora of procurement opportunities abound.

Data Security Pops Up in Self Driving Car Regulations. The Key Intel:

What’s missing from self driving car regulations? Assurances that governmental agencies aren’t trying to gather data.

What type of data could be collected about a self driving car?

  • identifying information including:
    • names,
    • phone numbers
    • credit card info
    • usage data
    • real-time and historic geolocation data

The legislative/policy/regulatory buzz word? Privacy.

Tech Crunch | Lyft wants more explicit protection of consumer data from NHTSA on self-driving

Policy Consideration: Ethical to Purchase Data Breach Information?

Can a business buy a list of breached users from another business for the purpose of notifying the hacked users?

uh, what? Facebook wants to buy a list of hacked users from another comapny so it can don the white hat and tell its members they were hacked.

For your consideration while legislatures consider how to protect consumers whose information has been hacked. Anyone for a prohibition on the sale of the hacked information?

CSO | Security experts divided on ethics of Facebook’s…

3 Pieces of Intel. Each New Texas Legislator.

+26 House: 

  • Valoree Swanson
    • Baylor. Concerned Women of America. Real Estate Broker.
  • Shawn Thierry
    • Attorney. Howard Univ. & South TX College of Law. Big Borther Big Sisters.
  • Mary Ann Perez
    • U of H. Insurance. Former HCC Trustee.
  • Jarvis D. Johnson
    • Former Houston Council Member. Restraunteur & Consultant African Trade. Texas Southern.
  • Tom Oliverson
    • Anesthesiologist. Home Schools. Baylor College of Medicine.
  • Briscoe Cain
    • U of H. South Texas College of Law. Raised working…