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Anatomy of an "Aggressive" Cybersecurity Measure by the Razorbacks

Where: Arkansas

The legislation: Senate Bill 632 (2019 | AR)

What does SB632 do?

Creates the Cyber Initiative
Housed within the Economic Development Commission
mitigate the cyber-risks to Arkansas
increase education relative to threats and defense
provide the public and private sectors with threat assessments and other intelligence
foster growth and development around tech, IT and defense
create a “cyber alliance” made up of partnerships with a variety of insitutitions like…

Data Security Workforce by the Number of Women.

20% of Fortune 500 CISOs will be women by 2020
13% were women in 2017
Capitol Hill hearings hear testimony from women 20% of the time on information security

Tech Target | Women in cybersecurity work to grow voice in US lawmaking

Business TREND. 3 Ways Tech Business Spin Data Privacy/Data Security

Facebook
- The future is private
- We will make your information private
Google
- What you get in return is more valuale
- We make it wasier for you to navigate the world, so its all ok
Microsoft
- We can make your elections safer
- “privacy is a human right”

What do they say to legislators? Trust US

What do they say to consumers? We won’t misues your data, AKA trust us

What are they saying to investors? There won’t be any regulations, trust us, returns will be great still

Fast Company…

Lege TREND. Tax Data Use by Entities that Retain, Hold and Track Your Data

Where is this proposal progressing? California

What is the proposed fee/tax? Data Dividend to be paid by businesses that hold.sell,track, sell data

The messaging: “We trade it away for so much of our experience on the internet. Money from a data tax could begin to counter this trade imbalance.”

Governing | Should Big Tech Be Taxed for Using Our Data?

Lege TREND. 3 Ways Tech Companies Lobbying Against Data Privacy laws

Carving out exceptions to the California Consumer Privacy Act
- The message: “addressing workability issues from a business compliance standpoint, to strengthening the law from a consumer and privacy protection standpoint”
Coalition of business entities including:
- Internet Association
- TechNet
- Consumer Technology Association
- Chamber of Commerce
- Large Tech Companies
- Wireless Association,
Plausible Deniability
- Tech Companies and associations are not attending technical…

2 reasons OHIO's state cybersecurity law is popular

Ohio’s law doesn’t require action by businesses
Ohio’s law incentives actions by businesses, by providing for liability protection

Tech Target | State data privacy laws, regulations changing CISO priorities

Lege TREND. Bill lets Texas Sue Social Media.

What? SB 2373 (2019 | TX)

What legal challenges would be allowed? Deceptive Trade Practices Act challenges

What does this mean? Know those press releases from the Attorney General Office about how much its collected in fines (hint: it is A LOT). Yes, it means business fines.

Texas Tribune | Texas bill would allow state to sue social media companies like Facebook and Twitter over free speech