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TREND. Hacking License Plate Reading Software

Where is the hacked license plate reading software used? it is being used by US government near the border with Mexico

What data was hacked?

Where: Arkansas

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…

Active Cyber Defense uses private sector cyber bounty hunters and hackers to protect critical infrastructure.

Who is behind this concept?

An Atlantic Council report,
by, Frank Kramer, Assistant Secretary for International Security Affairs for the Clinton administration
and by, Bob Butler, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Space and Cyber in the Obama administration

How would this private sector system work? the private sector hackser would be deputized “certified active defenders” to assist…

Where: San Francisco

What else does the ban on facial recognition tech by municipal entities and local law enforcement do ?

requires disclosure of surveillance technology they currently use
requires approval from the Board of Supervisors on any new technology that either collects or stores someone’s data

What are supporters saying?

“This is really about saying we can have security without being a security state.”
“We can have good policing without being a police state.”

2 More cities set…

West Virigina HB 2452 (2019 |WV) created the a new Cybersecurity Office within the Office of Technology.

Goals of the a new Cybersecurity Office:

risk assessment across state agencies
establish unifying security standards among state agencies
will leverage a risk management approach
provide for “apples-to-apples comparison of cyber-risk assessments across all agencies within the Executive Branch.”

Stems from WV’s 2018 particiaption in the National Governors Association (NGA)…

Timely. All 6 US Senators running for President in 2020 are cosponsors of cybsercurity legislation
History of federal Action. Standardizing cybersecurity practices at the federal level is difficult
Agency infighting is creating disparate standards
State Success. State leaders have pushed legislative success to protect its citizens like:
- TX, IL, WA and MA protecting biometric data
- OH liability protection law
- CA version of GDPR

Hawaii joins the ranks of states implmenting a statewide Data Officer position to oversee data security.

WHAT: Cyber Security Exchange Act,”

Bipartisan? Yes, Senators Thune (R) & Klobuchar (D)

How does the Cyber security Exchange work?

What are states doing to train their employees to protect data?

data helps create more efficient permitting processes
- CT allows local governments to get occupational licensing data directly form the state
overdose data helps first responders and hospitals prepare for epidemics
Prevent fraud
- IN adopted its Indiana’s Management and Performance Hub to “integrate” data from several agencies to build custom analytics solutions.” Its addressing issues from car crashes and infant mortality to Medicaid optimization.
- TX shared data across agencies…