How many states considered legislation? 24 How many states enacted legislation? 3: Nevada, Illinois, and Maine How many states created a task force instead? 5: Texas, Hawaii, Louisiana, North Dakota and Connecticut How many states enacted legislation in 2018? 1: california How many states pushed cybersecurity legislation to 2020? 7: Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New […]
Author Archives: admin
Key to Cyber Security Laws: Liability Protection
Who is touting liability protection as integral to cybersecurity legislation? National Security Institute at George Mason Univeristy Antonin Scalia School of Law Why is liability protection crucial? incentivizes beneficial action by industry corrects negative incentives created by liability for technical missteps that do not harm consumers promotes sharing of security issues and solutions National Security […]
3 Ways HIPPA Does not Address Modern Data
Who is making the argument about HIPPA needing to adjust to modern data? Apixio Chief Technology Officer What 3 reasons were given as HIPPA inability to meet modern data? healthcare providers cannot keep up with the threat on their own HIPPA created an unequal level of protection of data as data flows this is a […]
Another Data Broker Registration Bill.
Where: Congress What bill will require data broker registration? S2342 (116th Congress) Which agency will oversee the registration? the FTC How many requirements did the FTC want to place on data brokers? 3 consumers unlimited access to their data, including any sensitive data give consumers a reasonable level of detail to their data require opt-out […]
Tech Company Opposition Arguments to Arizona’s New Data Security Law for Car Dealers
Where: Arizona What legislation: HB 2418 (2019 | AZ) a bill about data security and motor vehicles What arguments are tech companies making in opposition? federal Constitutional preemption violation of Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Copyright Act, Defend Trade Secrets Act, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, Federal Contracts Clause and Dormant Commerce Clause The […]
Election Security. State with least paper ballot numbers: TX
Want to track election data on paper ballots and new machinery? Look no further than here from Politico 69 of 254 Texas counties will remain paperless for the 2020 election Politico | TRACKING THE PUSH TO PAPER
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 […]