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Monthly Archives: August 2019
Does your State Legislature have Cyber Security Caucus? Health Care Record Hacker Briefings are a must
The U.S. Senate does. The Senate Cybersecurity Caucus this week learned: January through June 2019 285 breaches of 31.6 million health records 28 % are insider threats looking at records that they should not Politico | UNHEALTHY BREACH FIGURES
1st Presidential Campaign to Hire Information Security Officer
Mayor Pete Buttigieg campaign is the first to hire a Chief Information Security Officer to cover every internal strategic meeting and plan. Politico | Scoop: Buttigieg gets a CISO
Anatomy of a Hack of a City’s Water Department
Where: City of Murfreesboro, TN What did the hack look like? The city’s water department page was replaced with a photo of Guy Fawkes The hack target: a payment portal AP | Tennessee city website compromised by ‘Iranian Hackers’
Bifurcated Data Security Laws. Who.What.Where.
Who & Where: Western Australian government What: Data Security law that will create 2 parallel government oversights What is the bifurcated approach? Privacy Commissioner “promote privacy measures and ensure accountability, as well as receive and resolve complaints”. Chief data officer “responsibility for supporting the public sector in the correct use and reuse of information, as […]
Research Fund Supports Cyber Security
What: Professional Services Council Foundation created the Mark L. Cohn Research Fund Why? ” promote innovation through research primarily focused on cybersecurity and other emerging technologies.” Corporate Partner: Unisys PSC Foundation | PSC FOUNDATION LAUNCHES MARK L. COHN RESEARCH FUND TO HONOR VETERAN UNISYS FEDERAL CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
Cyber Security Insurance. More Policies Purchased. Fewer Providers.
Why are providers concerned about writing cyber security insurance policies? From a business perspective: hard to ascertain the right information necessary to build the mathematical models to assign risk From a state policy perspective: the more cyber security laws that pass, the more attractive cyber insurance is How much have policies increased since 2015? Total […]
US Conference of Mayors + Data Protection at the Edge Resolution
What is Data Protection at the Edge Resolution? Security measures for Physical intrusion and infiltration of edge sensors Deployed with smart city technologies What lingo do I need to know? “fault-tolerant technology solutions critically necessary for resilience, redundancy, and reliability of data systems” Smart Cities World | US mayors approve resiliency resolution
4 Local Governments Ban Facial Recognition Software
San Francisco, CA , Somerville, MA, Oakland, CA & Berkeley, CA have all formally banned the use of facial recognition software 3 Reasons Cities are banning facial recognition software: it is often wrong often wrong identifying women often wrong identifying people of color 28 Congresspersons were misidentified as criminals in one case study use of […]
States v. Tech Companies. What you need to know about policy of data protection
How many states tried to pass data security legislation in 2019? 24 How many succeeded? 3. Illinois, Maine, & Nevada Why? Opposition from Tech Companies, The Internet Association, and Business Groups Will there be more data security legislation? Yes, with record fines against Facebook and Equifax’s record breaking settlement in 2019 5 Opposition Arguments: unworkable […]