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A new report, Cybersecurity as an Engine for Growth, looked at Beersheba, Israel; Malvern, United Kingdom; and San Antonio, United States to find 3 ways cyber security can lead to economic growth:
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2 Attorneys General (MA and NY) are suing, or my soon sue, Equifax for violating state consumer laws.
This sparked legislation to require credit reporting agencies to have the same scrutiny as banks, hospitals and others that handle confidential consumer data.
WGBH | Mass. AG Maura Healey Will Sue Equifax Over Data Breach
Oracle repoprtedly broke with other tech companies, to openly back a federal human trafficking bill.
The legislation:Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act, sponsored by Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Senator Robert Portman (R-OH)
What this bill would do: Amend protections for social networking sites & online platforms such as Google and Facebook from being held legally liable for content shared by those on the site.
What do tech opponents say? These amendments will create endless…
National Association of Insurance Commissioner’s approved Insurance Data Security Model Law to improve cyber risk management in the U.S. insurance market.
What does the model law do?
Experts say self driving cars are better protected from hackers; making human driven cars more likely to face a hacker.
Why are non-selfing driving cars easier to hack? Because the cars send signals via sensors to themselves about distances and the like over low-level system that hackers have been penetrating for years.
The fusion of these sensors in self-driving cars creates a ecueity protection as each sensor doesn’t trust the others data and the system as a hwole can override a command.
Hurricane Harvey marks the 1st wide scale commerical use of drones after a disaster.
In addition to news crews utilizing drone footage, drones have been deployed by :
465,000 pacemakers are under voluntary recall for security issues that could allow a cybersecurity breach that would allow a 3rd party to :
No known cybersecurity issues with the pacemakers are known.
Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society | Abbott Recalls 465,000 Pacemakers for Cybersecurity Patch
In 2013 North Carolina created the 1st Innovation Center (iCenter) in the U.S.
Since 2013, the iCenter has become focused on changing the culture of state government by:
What does this mean? State innovation centers are a way to introduce new technology to all levels of government within a state.
Data Centers are chosing to set up shop in Iowa. Corn fields and data servers go together like Bluebell Ice cream and Texas.
The latest data center by Apple Inc. includes an economic incentive package that includes:
What does the Hawkeye State have to offer?
The Business: Integrated Roadways
What are integrated roadways? Roads with sensors, phone, and internet connectivity, telecommunications, fiber-optic cable, and high-speed Internet, as well as other hardware, inside road surfaces.
Would these integrated roads collect data for the benefit of the city? Yes.
What type of dats would roadways collect? data on vehicle counts, speeds, and weights to give cities access to information
Equipment World | Smart pavement pilot projects stuffing roads…