Illinois is proposing to eliminate fees that credit-reporting companies are allowed to charge for imposing or lifting a credit security freeze.
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Lege Trend. New State Laws Protecting Consumer Info. Post- Equifax Hack
2 Attorneys General (MA and NY) are suing, or my soon sue, Equifax for violating state consumer laws.
This sparked legislation to require credit reporting agencies to have the same scrutiny as banks, hospitals and others that handle confidential consumer data.
WGBH | Mass. AG Maura Healey Will Sue Equifax Over Data Breach
Lege Trend. New State Laws Punishing Credit Reporting Agencies for Hacks.
Nebraska State Sen. Adam Morfeld is proposing a bill to require a credit reporting agency that has a breach to offer lifetime credit monitoring for free.
Morfeld’s reasoning? Equifax response to its hack was not enough
This State Just De-Certified Most Hackable Voting Machines
Virginia de-certified touch screen voting machines that do not leave a paper trail after voting machines were hacked within seconds at a tech conference earlier this year.
A vote by the State Election Department triggered the removal of the voting machines.
Tech Crunch | Virginia just decertified its most hackable voting machines
Legal Trend. State Data Trespass Laws. 4 Quick Bits Informed Intel.
What is a data trespass law? While it sounds like data security, these laws create a crime against physically entering land to acquire data like pollution or animal cruetly.
Are data trespass laws constititional? Maybe not. A Federal Appeals court has found a Wyoming law likely violates the 1st Amendment.
Who is for these laws? Land owners, members of the Farm Bureau
Who is against these laws? People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Center for Food Safety, National Press Photographers…
Is Cyber Security the Philanthropic Trend du jour?
Recent cyber security philanthropic gifts:
- creating a cybersecurity research center aimed at African American students in underserved communities
- $30 million in gifts to fund the construction of the Madison Cyber Labs as well as scholarships for students and support for additional faculty and staff at Dakota State University
- Harvard, which received a $15 million gift from Robert and Renee Belfer to establish the Cyber Security Project
- Amherst, which netted a $15 commitment from MassMutual…
2 Ways Hurricane Harvey Exposes Need to Cyber Security legislation
Hurricane Harvey exposed the need for energy security legislation by:
- highlighting that we must ensure our energy resources are safe, secure and plentiful
- allowing states to leverage federal resources, knowledge, and expertise to build stronger partnerships with public and private stakeholders to guarantee a better energy future
Business Trend. Tech Companies Expand Legislative Interest & Split on Liability Issues. Case in Point:
Oracle repoprtedly broke with other tech companies, to openly back a federal human trafficking bill.
The legislation:Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act, sponsored by Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Senator Robert Portman (R-OH)
What this bill would do: Amend protections for social networking sites & online platforms such as Google and Facebook from being held legally liable for content shared by those on the site.
What do tech opponents say? These amendments will create endless…
Grid Hacking. New Study Reveals Dragonfly 2.0. 3 Bits informed:intel on Who, How and Why
A review of grid security by Symatec reveals that since 2015 hackers have been trying to gain access to the energy sector. Here’s what you need to know:
- It’s not only US based energy sector that is being targeting. The energy sectors in the U.S., Switzerland and Trukey.
- New technology targets. the hackers are looking for expanded access to operational systems & are taking screenshots of all systems in use to outline their function
- Hackers gained access through malware and phishing employees…
Model Law. New Kid on the Block. 9 Selling Points for Insurance Cyber Security Regulation.
National Association of Insurance Commissioner’s approved Insurance Data Security Model Law to improve cyber risk management in the U.S. insurance market.
What does the model law do?
- establish industry standards for data security
- applies to insurers, brokers, and agents
- requires companies to have written information security program protecting sensitive data
- requires annual cetification to state insurance commissioners
- requires notification of data breaches within 72 hours
- encourages…