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Selling student data is a hot topic. Education businesses want to buy student data to tweak their products. Releasing student data is of increasing concern to data privacy advocates, especially since data related to children is far more valuable on the black market.
Maryland is bouncing around how to protect student data. Proposals include:
This week, the U.S. Army Reserve selected UTSA as a founding member of a unique public-private partnership program to train cybersecurity professionals.
Under the Cyber P3 designation, UTSA and other participating schools will help the government fill as many as 40,000 positions nationwide.
A US Chamber of Commerce study ranks San Antonio as #2 area for data security professionals. The industry is working to gain traction with local economic development officials. KSAT
UTSA established its Institute for CyberSecurity in 2001. The Institute trains not only students, but also those in business to improve their cybersecurity.
In 2014, the Institute was named the Top cyber security education program in the nation by certified information technology professionals.
Last week, Brian Engle, DIR’s data security go-to guy, left his state government post. He is now the first employee of a nonprofit, Retail Industry Information Sharing and Analysis Center.
His new role is to support the retail industry in their cybersecurity efforts and their efforts to protect their customer information and information technology.
National Retailers Federation revealed a survey that shows that 97% of surveyed business leaders believe data security is top priority for 2015.
New federal legislation would establish federal data security standards for car makers. Most cars collect data, without the vehicle owner or driver’s knowledge. The data is then sold to third parties.
Legislation would require:
A panel in rugged, independent Idaho is creating a task force to study:
State and federal agencies collect nearly 566 data points per student. Last year, Idaho passed a law that can fine school districts up to $50,000 for student data security breaches.
Last week Congressmen Barton (R-TX) and Rush (D-IL) filed data breach notification legislation. Feds want to protect personal, private information and the states are quickly passing bills that further protect their citizens.
What you need to know about the federal bills:
The FBI is investigating whether hacked tax information was used to file fraudulent state and federal tax returns without the original taxpayer’s knowledge.
The fraudulent state and federal tax filings are impacting businesses and individuals.