Welcome to the Future!
Gartner Inc. estimates that cybersecurity spending will increase in 2017:
Spending will be focused on:
By 2020, bundled cybersecurity contracts will account for 40% of all managed security service contracts and will include:
Maryland is offering its Medicaid patients a Telehealth App with these policy goals:
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These 30 Governors, Republican and Democrat, signed onto ther National Governor’s Association Confront the Cyber Threat Initiative: AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, Guam, HI, ID, IN, IA, KY, LA, MA, MD,MI, MN, MO, MT, NV, NH, NJ, NC, ND, OK, OR, PA, Puerto Rico, RI, UT, VT, Virgin Islands, WA, WV, WI, WY.
The Compact calls for 3 major strides:
Building cybersecurity…
The Federal Trade Commission settled a data privacy investigation by Uber agreeing to 20 years of privacy audits.
The FTC says the company “failed consumers”
CNBC | Uber agrees to 20 years of privacy audits after FTC says it ‘failed consumers’
First comes banning investments in the country du jour, now comes stopping outsourcing funds or policy initiatives related to cybersecurity to Russia.
Amendments bandied about D.C. by Senators Durbin, Warren and Whitehouse prohibit the use of federal funds to establish or support a “joint cybersecurity initiative” with Russia.
This trend is heading toward statehouses near you.
Politico | Morning Cybersecurity | Amendments to the policy roadmap
North Carolina’s electronic voting system in 2016 was hacked. The way hackers got in was through the company that provided the poll book- the electronic data that allows voting personnel to verify voters.
What changes we will we see to election procurement:
71 % of health care organizations budget for cyber security
The majority say cybersecurity is more than 3% of their budget
A majority have hired a chief information security officer or other executive level cybersecurity position
75% do regular cybersecurity testing
80% of US healthcare orgnaizations will increase cybersecurity spending in 2017
Healthcare Dive | HIMSS survey: Hospitals ramping up cybersecurity efforts
Michigan created a volunteer public private task force to step in at a moment’s notice to resolve a cyber attack on state systems.
What is the group called? Michigan Cyber Civilian Corps, MiC3
Has Michigan Cyber Civilian Corps, MiC3 been deployed? No
How does it function? Like a volunteer fire department
Who has volunteered? cybersecurity experts from government, education and private industry
Has any other state done this? No.
GCN | Why state and local government still struggle with cybersecurity
Missouri tests its state employees with its own phishing scams to keep state employees laser focused on cybersecurity.
Government Technology | In Illinois, Cybersecurity Training for State Employees Now Required by Law