Category Archives: 2017 legislative issue

Regulatory TREND. State Agency Data Security Requirements for Student DATA. Civil Liability Education Vendors.

New York Department of Education is proposing new rules  that will:

  • Parent’s Bill of Rights applicable to 3rd party vendors and setting standards on disclosing student data
  • The National Institute for Standards and Technology Cybersecurity Framework (“NIST CSF”)
  • Annual training for school district employees
  • A Data Protection Officer in every school
  • Notice of a school data breach must be given to the Department of Education within 10 days
  • Civil Penalties that accrue per individual affected…

3 Ways Washington State is Protecting Election Security

 

  • In 2018 it passed mandatory post election audits  HB 2406 (WA | 2018)
  • Utilizing national guard during election day that also hold day jobs in the state’s largest cyber security companies
  • Requires voting vendors to disclose breaches of their equipmen.

 

Tech republic | State of Washington has new laws and the Air National Guard to help secure 2018 midterm election

Regulatory TREND. More Data Sharing Requirements. Cyber Threat Reporting. 3 Supporting Arguments

DOE Secretary Perry looks to DOUBLE the number of utilties sharing cyberthreat information.

Why?

  • Close collaboration between DOE and utiltiies helped thwart utilty cyber attacks last year
  • DOE is increasing its cyber security efforts
  • “We’re leading by example, by strengthening protection and response capabilities for our own power marketing administrations that fall under the DOE’s supervision,” Perry said.

FCW | DOE looks to double number of electric utilities sharing cyber threat data

 

Anatomy of a Election Cyber Security Agency. 3 Goals of the Agency.

The Prime Miniter of Sweden announced the immediate formation of an agency charged with protecting the integrity of Seden’s elections. 

The new agency will be cahrged with:

  • “psychological defence by identifying, analysing, and responding to external influence campaigns”
  • will not hesitate to expose those who meddle in Swedish elections
  • in coordination with the agency, there will be increased funding for Swedish intelligence and cyber-defence services to monitor external threats
  • the agency…

Trending Ride Share Issue in the West. Data. Data. Data. Cities v. States v. TNCs v. Riders.

California regulations on ride share require annual data reports. The data required to be sent to the state includes:

  • types of service they provide
  • what neighborhoods they serve
  • how many miles their drivers log

What data do the cities want? 

  • Data to help solve local transporation issues
  • Ride Share’s affect on roads
  • Ride Share’s affect on the environment

The data’s big bad issue: Privacy concerns about rider personal information

The Recorder | Uber and Lyft Resist Regulators’…

By the Numbers. Education Data Breaches.

Thus far in 2017, the number of education data breaches:

  • doubled over 2016
  • the first half of 2017 saw an increase of 103%
  • North American bears the brunt of educaiton hacks, with 88% occuring here
  • 74% were caused by malicious outsiders
  • 13% were caused by stolen, lost or otherwise compromised records

Campus Technology | Education Data Breaches Double in First Half of 2017

30 Governors Support 3 Part CyberSecurity Initiative. What you Need to Know.

These 30 Governors, Republican and Democrat, signed onto ther National Governor’s Association Confront the Cyber Threat Initiative: AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, Guam, HI, ID, IN, IA, KY, LA, MA, MD,MI, MN, MO, MT, NV, NH, NJ, NC, ND, OK, OR, PA, Puerto Rico, RI, UT, VT, Virgin Islands, WA, WV, WI, WY.

The Compact calls for 3 major strides:

  • Growing the nation’s cybersecurity workforce
  • Preparing and defending the state from cybersecurity events 

  • Building cybersecurity…