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California Legislature overhwelmingly passed SB 822 (2018 |CA) that will:
Why did the Legislature enact this bill?
California elected officials passed the bill because the California fire agency complained that Verizon restricted its internet access during an…
Authors of Report: Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
The report: Benchmarking State Government Websites
What do I need to know?
Texas came in 41st overall. Virginia #1.
Governing | Only 4 Percent of State Websites Pass Security Tests
The federal govenrment has tied Title IV Funding to data security, here’s the key standards that could be replicated by states:
Without these requirements, univeristies lose funding.
EAC analysis
States are enacting more quickly and fully than the federal government on data security regulation. Here’s a look at the 5 states leading the way:
Removing a requirement for a paper count of ballots as a post-election audit method.
The statement from Verified Voting.
Florida offers local governments election security grants that:
Suwannee Democrat | Election security grants approved for local counties
WHERE: California
WHAT: The information sharing at the California Cybersecurity Integration Center alerted agencies along I-5 to a wildfire before the wildfire was phoned in
HOW: the Cybersecurity Inegration Center uses electronic scrapes of twitter, and a tweet started the wildfire information sharing through the agency
Cybersecurity Integration Center was created by Executive Order in 2015.
Route 50 | How California Is Improving Cyber Threat Information Sharing
These make funny road sign hacks, like the zombie apoocalypse is now, look like childs play:
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