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Anatomy ot the Saguaro Cactus State & Local Cybersecurity Team. Membership + 3 Goals. Build Your Own State Team via Executive Order.

Arizona Governor Ducey by Executive Order created the Arizona Cybersecurity Team (ACT).

ACT team membership: experts from state, local, and federal government, the private sector, and higher education

ACT Goals:

enhancing cybersecurity workforce development and education
increasing public awareness on cybersecurity best practices
advise and provide recommendations to the governor

The ACT primer cites 4 data breaches to support its mission:

Texas Comptroller Data Breach
Utah Health Care…

Lege TREND. Criminalize Online Snooping. Read 3 Bill Highlights. Read 3 Opposition Highlights.

The Online Snooping Bill:

Georgia SB 315 (2018)
Republican State Senator
unauthorized computer acess that didn’t involve taking data would result in a misdeamnor of a high and aggrevated nature

Opposition:

criminalizes lying on a dating profile
criminalizes violations of user agreements
criminalizes any use of a work computer for personal use like checking the Falcons score

Washington Post | Sweeping Georgia cybercrime bill would target ‘snoopers’

3 Points. U S Supreme Court. Health Care. Data Breach. What you Need to Know to be Informed.

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to grant review of CAREFIRST, INC., ET AL. V. ATTIAS, CHANTAL, ET AL which concerns:

whether to bring a data security lawsuit, is actual harm or the possibility of harm required?
the U.S. Supreme Court refusal left in place a standard set by the U.S. Court of Appeals in the District of Columbiath that the possibility of harm is enough
the burning question- is it up to the courts to hold entities responsible for safe keeping data?

Fierce Healthcare | Supreme…

Lege Trend. Cyber Security Standards for Tax Preparers in the Flowering Dogwood State

State: Virginia

The legislation: HB 183 (2018) SB 271 (2018)

What’s required by Virginia’s HB 183 and SB 271?

Any income tax preparer in Virginia has to notify the VA Department of Taxation of a cyber security breach
Notification is triggered by when the tax preparer discovers the breach and must be done without unreasonable delay

Is there a cost savings according to the bill’s author? Yes, the state will save $300,000 a year because the state Department of Taxation won’t be issuing…

REGUALTORY TREND. More Transparency for Businesses on Data Security + Coming to a State Near You.

SEC adopted new rules this week to require greater disclosure of cybersecurity threats by businesses.

What you need to know:

prohibits trading on insider cyber security knowledge
companies are urged to develop policies that allow them to quickly assess cybersecurity risks and decide when to tell the public
prohibits companies from using internal or law enforcement investigations as an excuse for not informing the public.

Tech Crunch | The SEC says companies must disclose more information…

5 Points. Unanimous Data Security Bill Post- Equifax.

Oregon’s SB 1551 (2018) will require:

notification to consumers of a data breach within 45 days unless it could hinder law enforcement
if more than 250 Oregonians are affected, then notice must also go to the state Attorney General
a violation triggers Deceptive Trade Practices Act
- this means class action lawsuits
- this also means big fines
no fees for credit freezes or thaws
prohibits ‘ “upselling” by breached companies or third-party contractors when they offer people free credit…

Business TREND. TRUST CHARTER to partner Business & Government in Data Security. 8 partners. 2 fundamentals.

The 8 partners in the TRUST CHARTER:

Siemens
Munich Security Conference
Airbus
Allianz
Daimler Group
IBM
NXP
SGS
Deutsche Telekom

Action Areas for Business and Government:

A call to responsibility at the highest levels of government and business with a dedicated government section and chief information officer at organizations
Companies must develop mandatory, third-party certification for infrastructure and solutions

“Governments must take a leadership role when it comes to the…

Lege TREND. Blockchain Bills in the Goldenrod flower state. 3 Key Elements to the Bills with Local Government Preemption

State: Nebraska

The legislation:

LB 987 Bitcoin as acceptable currency
LB 691 Virtual Currency Money Laundering Act
LB 694 State preemtion on blockchain technology & prohibits local taxing of blockchain
LB 695 Blockchain state contracting

LB 694 & 695 will require that: