CBO estimates less than $500,000 to administer a hack the State Department bill, HR 5433.
Monthly Archives: May 2018
+1 State Moving Net Neutrality Bill. Lege Trend. Talking Points + Lobbying Landscape
State legislature : California Senate passed 23:12 a net nuetrality bill
The Net Nuetrality Bill: SB 822 (2018 | CA)
What words are being used to describe the net nuetrality bill?
- “gold standard” for states
- 86% of people, according to a University of Maryland poll, oppose the FCC repeal of net nuetrality
- the bill sides with the public
What did the lobby effort look like against the bill?
- AT&T, Comcast & industry groups, like USTELECOM, opposed SB 822
- nearly $1 million spent during the…
1st State. Data Broker Regulation Bill. 4 Takeaways + 4 Talking Points + 4 Stakeholders
Vermont’s H.764 (2017-2018 | VT) creates the first data broker regulations that will:
- eliminates costs on credit freezes & thaws
- establishes a registry and security standards for 3rd party ‘data broker’ industry
- clarifies data security requirements for commercial entities
- criminalizes acquiring data for fraudulent purposes, including harassment & discrimination
Talking Points for H764 which will give Vermont residents:
- greater privacy
- saves them money
- gives them information and tools…
Procurement Policy Changes: Cybersecurity Services. What you need to know:
General Services Administration issued a Request for information to provide a more comprehensive assortment of cybersecurity services and expedite their discovery and acquisition.
To participate in the request for information, the deadline is 6/9/2018.
What does this mean for procurement? GSA wants to increase:
- the number of agencies that procure cybersecurity services
- the number of contractors and specialties of cybersecurity contractors
Lege Trend. Wi-fi and Voting Machines. New report.
The report: US Senate Intel report
The recommendation on wi-fi and voting machines: Voting machines should not have wi-fi capabilities.
Hackers Rant the Most Vulnerable Cities. 1 TX City in Top 10. 4 FL Cities in Top 10.
The Most Hackable Cities:
- Las Vegas
- Memphis
- Charlotte
- Houston
- providence
- Birmingham
- Jacksonville
- West Palm Beach
- Orlando
- Tampa
4 Reasons Local Governments Should Accept Cryptocurrency. Procurement Opportunity.
4 reasons Seminole County, Florida is accepting cryptocurrency:
- eliminates credit card processing fees
- improves payment accuracy
- improves payment transparency
- improves payment efficiency
Is there a procurement opportunity here? yes, Seminole County contracted with BitPay
Business TREND. Growth in Cyber Security Insurance. By the Numbers
For the U.S. market of cyber secuity insurance policies in 2017:
- 32% growth in direct premiums written in year over year growth
- $1.8 billion,
- 2.6 million policies in force, a 24% increase
- claims increased to 9,017 from 5,955
- 56.3% of the claims by packaged policies
- 43.7% of claims by standalone policies
Local Procurement TREND. Cost Saving. Outsourcing Cybersecurity.
In lieu of hiring cyber security employees, local governments are using third party software and hardware to bolster cybersecurity.
What short hand do I need to know for this technology?
- It is “machine learning and AI”
- It can detect cyber threats rapidly
- it allows for large-scale behavioral detection
State Tech | Cities and Counties Turn to Machine Learning to Bolster Cybersecurity
+1 State Considering Bitcoin Campaign Contributions. 5 Quick Points. Be informed in 5 seconds.
State: Colorado
Proposed Rules for bitcoin campaign contributions will:
- follow along with the FEC
- A Colorado Governor candidate was one of the 1st campaigns to accept bitcoin during the candidates congressional run
- includes accounting rules
- that liken cryptocurrency to inkind contributions
- any crypto currency contributions count toward contribution limits