Monthly Archives: June 2017

How to Move Grid Cybersecurity requirements by linking it to 2 other energy bills.

How to pass electric grid cybersecurity standards in 2 steps of legislstive logic:

  • Tie expedited permitting of pipelines to electric grid modernization
  • Tie electric grid modernization to grid cybersecurity

Natural Gas Intel | Senate Energy Policy Reform Bill Revived, Fast-Tracked

Promoting Good Cyber Hygiene Act. That's Real, Folks. 3 Bits Informed Intel.

A bipartisan, and awkwardly named piece of legislation, the Promoting Good Cyber Hygiene Act, calls for:

  • National Institute of Standards and Technology would establish a set of baseline voluntary best practices for safeguarding against cyber intrusions 
  • provide the public access to the cyber hygiene practices
  • require annual updates

The Hill | Senators introduce ‘cyber hygiene’ bill

3 Points. Government Incentives for Healthcare to Protect Its Data.

1/2 of health care organizations say they are prepared for a data breach.

The American Medical Association proposes these data security incentives:

  • CMS to include among its improvement activities in the Quality Payment Program (QPP), a credit for practices who engage in good cybersecurity hygiene and protect sensitive information;
  • best practices and tools must be scalable & able to accommodate the needs of physicians of all sizes and practic areas; and
  • larger practices should share their…

How Cybersecurity Bills Can Hamper Self Driving Car Legislation.

Automakers say they need flexibility to adapt technology of self driving cars. 

What’s known for flexibility? the sarcastic answer: enacted statutes and their ability to keep up with technology

What’s the solution for cybersecurity for self driving cars? According to the American Center for Mobility self imposed rules by industry are the best option.

Automotive News | Cybersecurity push may tie up autonomous-car legislation

CONTRACTING TREND. Adding Cybersecurity Standards to Procurement Process. Read the New Rules. See the New Rules Be Adopted by Other Agencies.

Department of Defense is adding cybersecurity standards to its procurement process. 

Requirements in the new contracting rules that take effect this fall are:

  • Maintain adequate cybersecurity
  • Notify the requisite agency of cyber incidents
  • Applies to any subcontractors

FedScoop | Pentagon will soon hold contractors to elevated cyber standards

2,000 TX HHSC Clients Data Exposed.

Data Breach at HHSC? No, a box of client records was left in a box unattended by a dumpster in Houston.

The personal information exposed included:

  • names
  • client numbers
  • birth dates
  • case numbers
  • phone numbers

The HHSC response:

  • 1 year of free credit monitoring to anyone affected
  • A review. of HHSC’s document destruction procedures

SC Media | 2,000 Texas HHSC clients health data compromised

HHSC | HIPAA Notice: Houston-area Accidental Loss of Client Information

GOP Data Firm. Class Action Lawsuit. Voter Data. 3 Key Points.

GOP Data Firm, Deep Root Analytics, stored personal details of roughly 198 million citizens unprotected and publicly assessible. 

A cybersecurity firm says potentially all of America’s 200 million registered voters were exposed, including names, dates of birth, home addresses, phone numbers, and voter registration details.

The complaint: McAleer v. Deep Root

Business Insider Nordic | ‘The mother lode of all leaks’: A massive data breach exposed information that ‘you can use to steal an…

Business Trend. Hiring Attorneys, Consultants, Lobbyists to block internet service provider reform by states

21 States responded to President Trump’s repeal of Obama era internet privacy regulations, by offering state regulations for internet privacy. Let’s take a peak.

In California, one internet service providfer, AT&T, has spent $2.71M in the last year.

Federal preemption isn’t a concern because the FCC laws and rules share duties with the states and there is no explicit preemption.

NCSL | PRIVACY LEGISLATION RELATED TO INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS

The Recorder | Calif. Pushes Internet Privacy…

21 States Move to Protect Consumer Privacy on Internet. Au Revoir Federal Internet Privacy. Bonjour State Internet Privacy.

21 States responded to President Trump’s repeal of Obama era internet privacy regulations, by offering state regulations for internet privacy. Let’s take a peak.

In  California, Assembly Bill 375, will:

  • Customer information an only be used or sold after obtaining “opt-in” consent
  • Prohibit penalties or discounts based on consent

Federal preemption isn’t a concern because the FCC laws and rules share duties with the states and there is no explicit preemption.

NCSL | PRIVACY LEGISLATION…