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Hacking incidents by industry:
34% of healthcare data breaches are caused by employee error
The average notification timeline after a breach:
Health IT Security | Healthcare Data Breaches Most Common in 2015…
Which state is making a new move to protect student data? Colorado
What does it mean for education contractors? New Rules. New Data Security Requirements.
3 Key prohibitions in the bill:
Chalkbeat…
Which state updated its data breach law in March to shorten the time line for notification? Tennessee
How long do Tennessee businesses with data breaches have for notification? 14 days from discovery or notification of the breach
Is there an exception to the 14 days? yes, a legitimate law enforcement need
Did Tennessee also expand what triggers a notification? Yes
What new event triggers a notification? When the breach is caused by your own employee
Which state passed new data security laws in 2016? Wyoming
Were the new laws the result of a breach or a legislative mandate? The result of a 2 year, 4-member Joint Task Force on Digital Information Privacy
What are agencies asked to do? 2 tasks
Where does procurement come into…
What entity released guidelines on teleworking and cyber security? The National Institute of Standards and Technology
What suggestions in the guidelines that will direct procurement opportunities?
virtual mobile infrastructure technologies
that create temporary, secure environments for teleworkers who need to access organizational data that are destroyed when the session is over
KOAM 7 | AIA Statement on House Homeland Security Committee Hearing on the Role of Cyber Insurance
Data security of self-driving cars spurs calls for uniform data security standards for self-driving cars.
Have there been a push for self driving car regulations or statutes in Texas ? Yes, why yes, there has. 84R HB 933
Did those pushes include data security issues? No.
The Hill | Lawmakers worry about cyberattacks on self-driving cars
What local governmental entity department was the newest target to hackers holding data for ransom? Durham, N.H., Police Department
How did the hackers do it? Attached a file to a email on a relevant police investigation that appeared to be fax file.
What did the police department do? Pay the ransom? Beat the ransom technology? The police department mitigated damage by recovering the locked files from a backup copy that hadn’t been infected. The department paid no ransom.
Is this…
Who is issuing the warning? The Obama Adminsitration
What entities are being warned about data security threats?
What’s sparked the warning? The attack n the Ukraine’s power grid 2 months ago. It was the first cyberattack that produced a wide spread blackout
What was the target of the cyber attack? industrial control systems that act as the intermediary between computers and the switches
What could hackers do with control…
Data security and new government agency leadership posts and new agencies go hand in hand.
Pending federal legislation would create the National Commission on Security and Technology Challenges.
Here’s the info you need abou the National Commission on Security and Technology Challenges: