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What triggered this new enterprise? enforcement of short term rental legislation Where is their business? Local government contracts Motherboard | The People Paid to Dox Airbnb Addresses

Where: Massachusetts What 3 Calls for Transparency: Prohibit removal of hard copy documents from office Disclosure of how long it took to locate a breach Engage in risk analysis and have a clear plan to mitigate risks Health IT Security | Healthcare Most Impacted by Data Breaches, Insiders Root Cause Health IT | In light […]

Where: E.U. How are facial recognition software the GDPR interacting? Citizens would be given explicit rights over their facial recognition data Citizens would have a right to know when it’s used It would apply to facial recognition by business, governments, law enforcement and security forces What is the policy stance of the EU’s incoming President? […]

Where: Georgia Supreme Court What is the issue? Is actual financial harm required before a person can sue over a data breach? Is this issue limited to Georgia? No Decipher | GEORGIA SUPREME COURT CONSIDERS WHEN DATA BREACH VICTIMS CAN SUE

Where: Delaware What legislation? HB 174 (2019 | DE) What does HB 174 do? requires insurance licensees to implement information security programs report instances of data breaches Permits enforcement by the Department of Insurance to investigate violations & levy penalties Delaware Business Now | Insurance Data Security Act signed into law after wave of data […]

Which state is the latest member of the Electronic Registration Information Center? Florida What does the Electronic Registration Information Center provide states? ability to crosscheck voter registration data against the data in 29 other member states identify duplicates & outdated records from voters who have moved or died Government Technology | Florida Joins Electronic Registration […]

Who announced the Confidential Computing Consortium? Linux Foundation What other tech companies are involved? Alibaba Arm Baidu Google Cloud IBM Intel Microsoft Red Hat Swisscom Tencent The goals of the consortium: defining and accelerating the adoption of confidential computing accelerate the confidential computing market influence technical and regulatory standards build open source tools Linux Foundation […]

Where is a school district engaging in a partnership on cyberbullying? Harlingen CISD Who is Harlingen CISD partnering with on cyberbullying? Department of Homeland Security What are the goals of the partnership? educate the community on cyberbullying: the signs, how it occurs, who is involved, where it occurs (apps, email, the web) crack down on […]

Where: Georgia What action did the Georgia Governor take by Executive Order? reconstituted the State Government Systems Cybersecurity Review Board require all state workers to undergo training to prevent ransomware attacks Georgia Governor Executive Order 08.13.19.01  Atlanta Journal Constitution | Georgia governor orders new cybersecurity training after crippling attacks

Where: North Carolina How is North Carolina proposing to allocate cybersecurity training funds? skip over state institutions of higher education allocate funds to a small private college What is the higher education cybersecurity landscape in North Carolina? UNC cybersecurity program is well regarded, long standing for 20+ years National Security Agency and Department of Homeland […]