Valuable Data. Education data is valuable for its quantity and youth Unreported Hacking. Education hacks are often unreported when data is viewed but not sized or removed Little Data Security. School networks are more open than corporate networks Small schools and small school districts often don’t have resources for a technology watchdog AP | Cyberattacks […]
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Legal TREND. Suing Telecommunications Companies that sell Location Data to Bounty Hunters.
What is happening? Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a class action lawsuit against AT&T + 2 data brokers over the sale of AT&T customers’ real-time location data Is this common? Tech types say all the telecoms sell real time location data to location aggregators to bounty hunters and bail bondsman What state laws are we talking […]
Does your state have a law against hacking medical equipment?
Let’s look at how insulin machines can be hacked. When a medical devices manufacturer would correct known flaws, researchers built the system that would kill people by hacking the devices. Were regulators involved? yes, but slow to act, hence why researchers built an app that would kill people if it were deployed to the insulin […]
Business TREND. Employees Calling for Corporate Social Repsonsibility.
WHAT? Amazon protests WHY? Protestors do not support the use of Amazon technology by ICE WHERE does this business trend get interesting? In the company’s response (emphasis added): An Amazon representative said in an emailed statement: “There is clearly a need for more clarity from governments on what is acceptable use of [artificial intelligence] and […]
Data Security . Corporate Social Responsibility. The Consumer Numbers. New Study.
The study: Authenticity Gap report by FleishmanHillard Fishburn What did consumers say for this 7th annual Authenticity Gap report? 66% consumers want companies to show greater purpose & societal impact 73% consumers say companies must show its data security policies & go beyond required regulations 62% say companies take too long to disclose & provide […]
Sliding Insurance Data Security Requirements into a State Budget. 3 Steps.
Where: Connecticut How: CT’s state budget contains a provision requiring: All insurance licensees implement an information security program by October 1, 2020 Covering administrative, technical & physical safeguards to protect non-public information What does this mean? Employee training, Record retention program, Risk assessment process, Incident response process, and annual assessments National Law Review | Connecticut’s […]
Business TREND meeting Regulatory & Legislative TREND. Data stored in clothing
Why is clothing storing data? smart fabrics What data is gathered and stored? Biometrics Does HIPPA apply? NO How are legislatures handling it? An Amendment to California’s Consumer Privacy Act is leading the way Retail Dive | Wear it out: How smart tech and data collection will impact retail
Automotive Data. The Auto Dealers and the 5 States Tackling this
Montana, Arizona and Oregon enacted dealer protections for control over data stored in a DMS & preventing the software providers from charging a fee to third parties Similar protections passed in Hawaii and North Carolina When does the issue arise legislatively? When states implement new titling software Do dealers want to leave it up to […]
Regulatory TREND. Blockchain as a solution to a State Agency Data Breach
Where are the data breaches? Maryland Department of Labor & Oregon’s Department of Human Services How does blockchain help prevent this? It eliminates a centralized server or a non-auditable database It limits human error It is efficient It can eliminate the need for 3rd party data bases Would this really work? Support inthis paper from […]
Business TREND. Businesses Calling for More Data Security. Rules, Laws, Actions
Which businesses? Toyota IBM NEC Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Thomson Reuters Cisco Systems Mastercard Airbnb What do they want protected? software source codes, algorithms and encryption keys Why do they want this protected? Critical corporate information What regulations/laws do they fear? Anything that requires the disclosure thereof What these businesses are asking for is part […]