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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

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 […]

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

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 […]

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 […]

Where: Cities will being using blockchain voting systems for citizens voting abroad The cities: Denver, multiple cities in Utah, & the state of West Virginia Policy goals: increased return of foreign ballots improved election integrity How will ballots be verified? facial recognition has been selected as the default verification method Route Fifty | Ready or […]

Where: New York Who sits on New York’s Digital Currency Task Force? ConsenSys founder Joseph Lubin Global Blockchain Business Council CEO Sandra Ro adjunct fellow at the foundation for Defense of Democracies Yaya Fanusie co-founder of Blockchain @ Microsoft York Rhodes director of regulatory relations a Ripple Ryan Zagone professor of law at Cardozo School […]

Where: California How many agencies had data security flaws? “high risk deficiencies” at 21 state agencies What regulatory action was called for?  comprehensive information security assessment at least every 3 years prompt resolution by agencies of security issues KCRA | Report finds California government IT security flaws

Where: Columbia (the country) What happened? a data breach impacted 267,000 Columbians at a ride share company How did regulators exercise enforcement powers? The government will suspend drivers licenses of ride share drivers for 25 years actively protect the affected Columbians develop a protocol for handling future data security breaches train staff adopt permanent monitoring […]

Where: Louisiana What happened in Louisiana? Several school systems experienced cyberattacks How did government respond? Governor declares statewide emergency The declared emergency allows local governments to access cybersecurity experts from the Louisiana National Guard, Louisiana State Police, & the Office of Technology Services CNN | Louisiana’s governor declares an emergency after cyberattacks on several school […]