A data breach at Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services made 6,600 Medicaid patients’ information, including Social Security numbers and private health information, available online.
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Federal Data Breach a Warning for States. One state had 204 data breaches in 2014.
4.1 million current and former federal employees had their information exposed in a federal government data hack. California’s Department of Technology regulates data security.
The California Department of Technology reports 204 data breaches in 2014 among state agencies.
State cybersecurity jobs are notoriously tough to fill. The private sector pays better and state hiring moves at a glacial pace. As a result, data security is often outsourced which opens the data up to a…
Data Security: a 2016 Campaign Issue
Rand Paul has filabuster against the Patriot Act and has outspoken opinions on NSA data collection.
His opinions are echoed by Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders.
Factor in the recent federal government employee data breach and Hillary Clinton’s Department of State email, and data security and data privacy will play a key role in upcoming elections.
Who wins with a Data Security Breach?
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. WashingtonPost