Welcome to the Future!
In 2016, California created the State Innovation Lab.
California maintains an Office of Digital Innovation.
The policy goal in California is to “create novel, deployable technologies that address needs identified by state entity partners — with a particular focus on open-sourced technology.”
State Tech | How Innovative States Stay Ahead of the Tech Curve
Body cameras- love them, hate them- they collect data and a lot of data.
Lots of people support body cameras:
Body cameras are everywhere in law enforcement, so how are counties handling all that data?
2017 Q2 reflects record spedning by tech giants.
The 10 top issues tech wants elected officials and policymakers to know:
Data Center Dynamics | Tech, data center firms increase US lobbying spend
Arkansas Workforce Services experienced a data breach that exposed the personally identifable details of 600,000 residents and 19,000 employment applications.
The state is seeking new database services.
U.S. News and World Report | Data Breach Has Arkansas Seeking New Vendor
Yes, the California Supreme Court held that the California Medical Board can access private patient records in the state prescription database because the state interest in regulating potent prescription drugs and protecting patients from negligent doctors.
Access to patient records + Texas Medical Board Sunset Review = Patient Privacy vs. State Interest Amendments
Law 360 | Calif. Justices OK Medical Board’s Access To Rx Database
The 2016-2017 Chair of the National Governor Association, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe, explains that cyber security directly impacts these policy areas and businesses:
National Governors Association is pushing for state reform of cyber security laws because:
The National Governor’s Association initiative, Meet the Threat, calls for:
Lloyds of London estimates a global cyber attack will result in damages similar to hurricane Sandy, or $53 billion in economic losses from a global hacking of cloud services.
How do the $53 Billion oin costs break down?
Average economic losses $4.6 billion to $53 billion
Actual losses could be as high as $121 billion
$45 billion of that sum may not be covered by cyber policies, because
companies are underinsuring
If operating systems are hacked, average losses…
Washington State University kept sensitive personal information on a backup disk locked in a $159 safe in a small safe in a storage unit.
The WSU storage unit was burlagized, and was the only unit burgalarized.
The takeaway for policy makers: Do not allow state institutions to store personal data in storage units.
Common sense governing. Better late than never.