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3 Reasons a State Chamber of Commerce Supported a Data Security Bill

What did the Michigan Chamber of Commerce tout as reasons to support a Data Security bill, HB 6405 (MI | 2018) that required businesses to do certain new tasks concerning data breaches:

  • The Chamber likes a specific time frame to notify affected persons
    • The chamber did not like phrasing, within a reasonable time
  • Is ok with “reasonable mandates” on businesses
  • The Chamber supports “.. a consumers’ right to know that their personal identifying information was compromised”

Michigan Chamber of…

5 Reasons Schools Must Tackle Cyber Security.

  • Libaility for the school, the school distric,t the principal, and the superintendent
  • Legal requirements schools retain records like, HIPPA records, that has certian legal requirements
  • Disruptions to Education When a school is subject to a hack, it can suspend learning
  • Student Records. A cyber event may not only want to steal information, it may want to change information. Integrity of school records is crucial
  • Reputation of the school, its educational system, and its leadership

EdScoop…

Lege TREND. Fake Constituent Written Suport.

The allegations of fake constitutent support:

  • Comments to the FCC over net nuetrality rules
  • Of 20 million comments, almost 50% were provided without consent

The investigations:

  • FBI issuing subpoenas
  •  New York Attorney General with support of Attorneys General of Massachusettes and the District of Columbia

Targets of the subpoenas:

  • 14 organizations
  • 11 of which are either politically conservative or related to the telecommunications industry and opposed net neutrality, and three of which…

4 Reasons State Cybersecurity Laws Beat Federal Cybersecurity Laws.

  • More attention at the state level. States have been targets of hackers and that fuels their regulatory structures
  • Agility. States can respond more quickly legislatively
  • More to Lose. States are closer to local level data breaches and are as impacted by local breaches
  • Business Accountability State resources also support businesses that have been impacted by hackers

 

Baltimore Post Examiner | Why is State Cybersecurity better than Federal Cybersecurity?

Lege TREND. Procurement TREND. Bill requires Government Tech purchases to meet Security Standards

HR7283 (115th Congress) requires devices purchased by the federal government to be:

  • Sets contractor minimum security requirements
  • Agencies will set baseline secueity standards for procurements
  • Standards must be “based on technology-neutral, out- come-based security principles”

Text of HR7283 (115th Congress)

NextGov | Upcoming Bill Would Lock Down Agencies’ Internet-Connected Devices 

Lege TREND. Anatomy of a Public Private Hacking Cooperation Bill.

Is this bipartisan? Yes, Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and Maggie Hassan, D-N.H.

What’s the bill called? The Public-Private Cybersecurity Cooperation Act

What would it do?  Creates a vulnerability disclosure program, crafted by the Department of Homeland Securty,  to allow hackers to report problems to the proper authorities without being prosecuted 

S3707 (115th Congress)

NextGov | Senators Introduce Bill to Let Hackers Reports Bugs to DHS

Regulatory TREND. 4 Concerns Over State Accepting Bitcoin Payments.

  • Fees charged by bitcoin processor.  Do the fees exceed fees in other payment options
  • Fraud there is a well known Canadian bitcoin tax scam
  • Unnecessary  who wants bitcoin payment? the information according to the state will not be available until after a few months into the program
  • Safety. Is it safe?

Nextgov | Is this about grabbing some of the sizzle that comes with all things blockchain and crypto

Lege TREND. State Legislation Reacting to Marriott Breach. What you need to know:

New Jersey legislature is moving A3245 (2018 |NJ) which is in repsonse to the Marriott data breach and will:

  • Expands the state data breach notification requirements to include disclosure of:
    • usernames
    • email addresses
    • any passwords
    • security questions and answers
  • The authors say prompt notification is required for people to keep their online acocunts protected

Insider NJ | Assembly Panel Clears Caputo & Murphy Bill Requiring Disclosure of Online Security Breaches 

Regulatory TREND. Texas Attorney General Investigating Marriott Breach. 3 Key Points.

  • Lots of potential Texas impact.  potentially 100s of 1000s of Texans “vulnerable to the nightmare of identity theft”
  • massive hack.  “compromising the personal information of up to 500 million guests”
  • enforcement actions include:

Texas Attorney General Office | AG Pax­ton Begins Inves­ti­ga­tion Into Mar­riott Data Breach…