Welcome to the Future!
Connecticut is creating the Connecticut Cyber Task Force.
The Connecticut Cyber Task Force will consist of:
Body cameras- love them, hate them- they collect data and a lot of data.
Lots of people support body cameras:
Body cameras are everywhere in law enforcement, so how are counties handling all that data?
Oregon’s Senate Bill 90 creates a new position of Chief Information Officer who is responsible for:
The State Legislature that created the Office of Cyber Defense Coordination: Nevada
Within which state agency will the Office live? Nevada’s Department of Public Safety
The Legislation creating the office: Nevada’s AB 471 (2017)
What do these cyber offices look like in other states?
New Jersey Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Cell
Georgia has its State Government System Review Board, under the direction of Georgia’s CIO.
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Who is proposing a cyber national guard? Congressman Will Hurd, Chair of the House’s information technology subcommittee
Why push for a cyber national guard? to help recruit stronger talent to fill cybersecurity roles in the federal government
How does the private sector factor in? a cyber nataional guard would “allow industry professionals to bring innovative ideas back into the federal government without the government having to keep up with the salaries available in the technology…
When considering legislation to protect state infrastructure and emergency management systems, it has beeen revealed that the hack that led to the triggering of the Dallas emergency alarms was not a computer hack, but a hack of the radio signals.
State Tech | Dallas Reveals Radio Signals, Not Network Hack, Triggered Emergency Sirens
The U.K. Parliament is working to create an election hacking unit that:
SC Magazine UK | Parliamentary committee proposes unit to combat ‘election hacking’
75% of adults polled want digital privacy & “would not let investigators tap into their Internet activity to help the U.S. combat domestic terrorism”
Reuters | Most Americans unwilling to give up privacy to thwart attacks: Reuters/Ipsos poll
What guidance is the FBI giving medical and dental providers on cybersecurity? That file transfer protocols, FTP, transfers csn be accessed by anonymous users without passwords. Cyber secuity measures should be taken to correct server settings.
What speficially did the FBI say about protected health information (PHI) pr personally identifiable information (PII) ? PHI & PII should not be kept on FTP servers allowing for anonymous operation