Monthly Archives: February 2018

Regulatory Trend. Keystone State Plan to Prevent Voter Hacking + Local Government Mandate

Governor of Pennsylvania ordered counties to buy voting machines that also leave a paper trail to protect against hacking.

Pennsylvania is providing counties with this much funding to update voting machines: $0

Governing | To Prevent Hacking, Pennsylvania Will Create Voting Paper Trail

AP | Pennsylvania to require voting machines with paper backup

Lege Trend +1 Northern State. Blockchain for Data Security + State Contracting. 3 Steps to be Informed:

State: New York

The Bills:  

  • A08780 allows contracts secured through blockchain technology + allows smart contracts to exist in commerce
  • A08792 blockchain to secure elections
  • A08793 blockchain for the security of state records

The policy support for blockchain:

  •  safer bet for state and local government records and contracts
  • benefits to state and local governments
  • tool for increasing accountability and transparency

State Tech | New York Targets Blockchain for Voter Security, Smart…

Lege Trend. Passing Net Neutrality. Bipartisan in the West. 2 Key Points from the bill.

Washington State House passed a net nuetrality bill, HB 2282, that will:

  • establish net nuetrality in Washington State
  • protect consumers in Washington State

The  bill will protect consumer by prohibiting companies from:

  • Blocking of lawful content by internet service providers

  • “Throttling,” or slowing down, of lawful content by internet service providers

  • Favoring of certain content over others by internet service providers due to special deals (“paid prioritization”)

The vote in…

3 Reasons County Commissioners Concern over State Cyber Security Council

Bills in the Kansas legislature is proposing a Kansas cyber-security authority. H2331 (2018)

County Commissioners in Segwick County raise these concerns:

  • Any local government connectiung to state system would have to have their cybersecurity programs reviewed
  • Unfunded mandate
  • For a small county like Segwick, the cost per person is estiamted at $700/person

WHAT WOULD THE KANSAS CYBER SECURITY AUTHORITY DO?

  • Create a Kansas information security office
  • review  cyber-security programs
  • create…

Lege trend. Increasing Consumer Protections in a Post-Equifax World.

A Rhode Island legislator wants companies that have had a data breach to:

  • notify the state and consumers in a “reasonable promptness”, quicker than the current 45 days
  • Increase the penalty from $100 to $150,000 per breach

WPRI | Lawmaker proposes law to protect victims of data breaches

Rhode Island HB 7387 (2018) 

No-Fly List for Computers? 3 policy considerations

Harvard Business Review poses the question about creating no-fly list for computer systems to:

  •  effectively identify threats and malicious traffic
  • automate collection, optimization, and integration of threat intelligence
  • share threat intelligence which has been shown to strengthen security 

Harvard Business Review | Why Every Company Should Consider Creating a “Cyber No-Fly List”

The Ways Cities are Requiring Net Neutrality Standards.

Cities and local governments are implementing net neutrality standards by:

  • city-owned broadband options
  • yes, municipally owned internet

What policies goals have some cities, like San Francisco, set for municipal broadband?

  • internet acess must favor the general public and San Francisco values
  • Ft. Collins is hailing municipal borad band as a means to reclaim privacy

Government Technology | States, Cities Turn to Tech in Bid to Preserve Net Neutrality Principles 

 

 

TRENDing. EV Station Data Security Vulnerability. Building Data Security into EV Charging Station Bills and Regulations.

Two vulnerailities with EV charging stations have been spotted by tech experts:

  • EV charnging stations are not required to transmit charging authorization information in an encrypted format
  • EV charging stations are not required to prohibit duplicates of the same numbered card

Tech Crunch | Electric car charge-station payment systems may lack basic security measures