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Lege Trend: Fund Cybersecurity Apprentice Program for Disabled Veterans in State DIR

The State: North Carolina

The cybersecurity apprenticeship qualifications:

10% disability rating from the Department of Veterans Affairs
$600,000 per year
Allows the Department of Information Technology to hire and train five veterans for cybersecurity-focused positions

State coop | North Carolina moves closer to creating cyber apprenticeship program for disabled vets

3 Data Security Issues with Children Toys

toys and apps gather personally identifiable information
access to names, birthdates, and gender
Hackers could exploit cybersecurity weaknesses within these devices as an entrance point to a family’s wireless networks

Augusta Free Press | Warner calls on FTC to protect children’s data security

Interim. How Anti Hacking Laws Block Scholarly Research

What type of schalarly research is hitting against anti-hacking laws?

Michigan & Illinois researchers are looking at real estate websites to track discriminatory practices
Northeastern University researchers are looking at discriminatory practices in job posting websites

How do they run afoul with anti-hacking laws? The researchers generate faux profiles on the websites they are researching

WallStreet Journal | First Amendment Suit Claims Anti-Hacking Law Criminalizes Scholarly…

Tort Reform Issue in Data Breaches.

The key tort issue in data breaches: whether the consumer has been injured

What’s the argument if hackers have your information isn’t that a harm to a consumer? Some courts say yes, other courts say no.

Where are cases proceeding where the harm of the data breach is only having your personal information hacked? Judges in California, Illinois and other states

Wallstreet Journal | For Consumers, Injury Is Hard to Prove in Data-Breach Cases

TREND. Auto Data Security. Car Theft by Hacking. 3 Pieces Informed Intel to Protect from New Laws.

How? Via laptop theives can open doors, and start an ignition to steal late model cars prompting new laws against auto manufacturers to secure vehicle data

Is this in Texas? Yes. Houston has recorded theft of a 2010 Jeep

Which manufacturers are targeted? Known hacks of autombilies are of Fiat Chrysler, GM and Tesla vehicles

WallStreet Journal | Thieves Go High-Tech to Steal Cars

Bankers Name the Top Threats to Data Security…

Retaining too much data
Employee unintentional or intentional error
Customer data security when customers access accounts
3rd party vendors
Being consumed by 1 threat, makes a bank vulnerable to other data security threats

American Banker | What’s the Biggest Threat to Data Security?

TREND. INTERIM. Fine businesses for data breaches.

Citizens in the UK dislike both the European Union and Businesses that have data breaches.

An overwhelming majority supporting fining businesses & the recommendation has made it to Parliament.

Computer Weekly | UK consumers support fines for firms that lose personal data

UK Parliament | Cyber Security: Protection of Personal Data Online

TREND. Data Security Protocols at Financial Institutions.

Out with PINS in with biometric identifiers to access banking information.

Why switch from PIN numbers to biometrics at financial institutions?

traditional passwords are too cumbersome
traditional passwords are no longer secure

New York Times | DealB%k | Goodbye, Password. Banks Opt to Scan Fingers and Faces Instead.

Procurement Trend. Data Security Epicenter is Procurement. 3 Reasons Why.

Major data breaches occured via a 3rd party contractor (Target, Home Depot, etc…)
The cost of a major data breach increases annually, and it hits the company that hired the 3rd party contrator
FICO is rolling out a data security score called an Enterprise Security Score

Pymnts.com | Procurement Is Ground Zero For Cybersecurity Protection