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Which Attorney General office analyzed state data security breaches? California
What is the most popular data to breach?
What recommendations to policymakers emerged?
What‘s happening? Affinity Gmaing, owners of 11 casinos, is suing the company it hired to contain a data breach.
How is this relevant to Texas government? Pay close attention to the enforcement actions and lawsuits that emerge from the federal government OPM data breach in which the company hired for remediation.
Why is this important? the laws related to data security are chaning at lightening fast speed. Faster than a lobbyist can walk, and on a very complex, technical topic which…
The Illinois Department of Insurance accidentally led to the posting of Social Secrity Numbers of health records online.
How did a 3rd party get caught in a date release of health records? The agency sent records, including social security numbers, to Blue Cross Blue Shield which Blue Cross Blue Shield posted online.
What happened to the 3rd party? The Department of Insurance took immediate corrective measures against Blue Cross Blue Shield
What is the 3rd party’s…
The emergency contract for $20M was the tip of the ice berg. By August 14th. the federal government will award a 5 year contract for data security protection for the 21.5M federal employees whose data was hacked. Washington Post
Oh, and that pesky, initial contract of $20M isn’t going so well. The Austin, TX based vendor cannot keep up with demand. Washington Post
“In the 2015 first half, venture firms invested $1.2 billion in cybersecurity startups, according to researcher CB Insights.”
Data breaches are taking this nerdy issue, cyber and data security, and turning it into big business, well funded, with a lot of government regulation, oversight, and contracting opportunities.
NAPA has new data breach compliance and certification. Data breaches are big business, people.
Data breaches and protecting against data breaches generate:
Data breaches impact:
Connecticut passed new data breach laws that will:
CT SB 949
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Cyber Security Firms & their Investors according to the WallStreet Journal. In the honorable mention category- are the data breach fixing firms, like the quick $21M federal contract to CSID. WashingtonPostWho wins with a Data Security Breach?