The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence is soliciting comment on its guide to secure electronic health records on mobile devices.
NCCOE Draft Guide Comment is accepted until 9.25.15 here
Category Archives: data privacy
27 School Districts. Pilot Program. New National Student Data Security Standards.
“The Consortium for School Networking, will work toward establishing a nationwide set of standards around student privacy. The end result will be known as the Trusted Learning Environment Seal that public schools can adopt to assure the community that their student’s data is protected.”
Procurement Process. Federal Data Breach.
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
Hacking a Car. Brakes Controlled by Hacker.
A reporter for Wired details what parts of a car hackers can control while you’re driving.
Hackers are able to control a vehicle’s:
- A/C system, changing the temperature in the car
- The radio, changing channels and volume control
- Windshield wipers
- Windshield washer fluid blurring the windows
- dashboard functions
- steering
- brakes
- transmission
All of the car functions above can be controlled from a laptop by a nefarious hacker. Wired. Congress is trying to stop it with the Spy Car Act.
FTC: the Data Security Protector Failed.
Lifelock, the company advertising its ability to protect your financial data, violated its 2010 $12 million settlement with 35 state attorneys general according to the FTC.
“LifeLock vigorously opposed the FTC’s allegations.” The case is heading to the courts.
Data Breaches Fuel Cyber Security Start Ups
“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.
Representation Opportunity: Insurance in Data Breaches
For the first time ever, Zurich Surety registers as a lobbyist in Canada amid interest in data security legislation.
Folks, data security insurance is a business that is growing exponentially. The well read will remember that just last week, Information Intelligence brought you news of the first lawsuit concerning insurance coverage in a data breach.
Rapidly growing industry. Not Yet in Texas. Hello opportunities.
Data Security and Electric Grids
Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M) say the Energy and Water Development funding bill shortchanges our electric grid from being properly protected from a cyber attack.
They call for funding the following data security protections:
- virtual forensics platform,” intended to detect malicious actors sitting on the network
- Replace the $11M removed from the Cybersecurity for Energy Delivery Systems
Secure Data by Collecting More Data. Credit Card Companies Look to Biometrics.
In an effort to protect data, large financial entities, like credit card companies, are looking to collecting facial recognition software to further protect their and your financial data.
Storing biometric information along side financial information at one company seems like that company is putting put a neon sign that reads, “Hacker Dreams Come True Here.”
More Data Centers in Texas. More Data Security.
Ft. Worth is home to a new $500 Million Facebook data center, powered by renewable energy.
The facility broke ground this week and will be up and running by 2016 with 40 full time employees.