Monthly Archives: July 2017

38 Governors Sign CyberSecurity Compact. 3 Reasons Why & 4 Key Policy Issues.

National Governors Association is pushing for state reform of cyber security laws because:

  • The federal government is too slow & too inactive
  • Cyber security is not just an IT issue.
  • Cyber Security is a  technology issue, a health issue, an education issue, a public safety issue, an economic issue and a democracy issue

The National Governor’s Association initiative, Meet the Threat, calls for:

  • instituting cybersecurity governing bodies
  • organizing computer crime units for law enforcement…

Business Trend. Cost of Global Cyberattack at Hurricane Costs. Insurance Policy.

Lloyds of London estimates a global cyber attack will result in damages similar to hurricane Sandy, or $53 billion in economic losses from a global hacking of cloud services.

How do the $53 Billion oin costs break down?

  • Average economic losses  $4.6 billion to $53 billion

  • Actual losses could be as high as $121 billion

  • $45 billion of that sum may not be covered by cyber policies, because

    • companies are underinsuring

  • If operating systems are hacked, average losses…

A University Data Breach Informed Statewide Policymakers. 1 Prohibition Emerged.

Washington State University kept sensitive personal information on a backup disk locked in a $159 safe in a small safe in a storage unit.

The WSU storage unit was burlagized, and was the only unit burgalarized.

The takeaway for policy makers: Do not allow state institutions to store personal data in storage units. 

Common sense governing. Better late than never.

Government Technology | Washington State University Data Breach Teaches Valuable Cybersecurity Lesson (Editorial)

Poll. Election Hacking Impacts Voter Turn out. 3 Key Pieces of Data.

A poll by Carbon Black reveals the concern level of voters for election integrity.

  • 27% of voters polled are considering not voting because of fear that their voter data will not be secure.
  • If the 27% hold true, that reduduces voters by 59 million voters
  • 45% think the 2018 elections will be impacted by cyber breaches

SC Media | Cybersecurity concerns may stop 59 million Americans from voting in 2018

The Steps Maryland took after hacker went for its voter information. Procurement Opportunity.

In August 2016, Maryland officials notices hackers were trying to get to voter information, that set off a flurry of legislator and regulator activity. Here’s where they ended up almost a year later:

  • legislators didn’t find out until it was in the news which ruffled feathers. suprise!
  • Within 3 days of noticing the hacking attempt,  state’s computer staff blocked the IP address from multiple parts of the network
  • The Maryland elections administrator notified the Governor’s cabinet
  • 2 weeks…

Lege Trend. State CIO + State Cybersecurity Advisory Council. 3 Key Bits of Intel. Read the bill.

Oregon’s Senate Bill 90 creates a new position of Chief Information Officer who is responsible for:

  • Overseeing the Cybersecurity Advisory Council with 9 voting members and an indeterminate number of appointed, non-voting members
    • with required participation by law enforcement representatives
  • Creating the Oregon Cybersecurity Center of Excellence tasked with inter- and intra-agency coordination, threat response, & information-sharing
  • Mandates agency cooperation with the CIO

Government…

Local Trend. 5 Elements of a School District's Data Security Policy. + Procurement

Why are Frederick County Public Schools (Maryland) adopting new data security rules? The School experiences a data breach.

5 Elements from the new data breach policy:

  • Requires frequent and thorough teacher and staff training for treatment of sensitive information
  • incident response planning
  • acceptable use of technology
  •  information technology security awareness
  • sets guidelines to mitigate and communicate risks for FCPS student and staff information systems

Also requires a 3rd party…