Taxpayers for Common Sense is ahead of the curve by creating a database to track federal cybersecurity spending.
The cybersecurity spending database is organized by agency and tracks spending for last 10 years.
Category Archives: legislative trend
Consumer Tech Assoc. Recommends Consistent Education Policy for Student Data Security. Bonjour Education Contractors
The Consumer Tech Association filing with the Commerce Department recommends government action on cybersecurity/datasecurity policies for education because there are so many differnt players in education.
The recommendations that we may soon see in Education Procurement Contracts:
- market driven solutions e.g. contractors should step up and talk about their student data security protocols
- instead of government checklists, we need nimble polcies that can adapt as tech changes
- public-private…
What would a bill do that protects small business from cybersecurity breaches?
Congress’ H.R. 3170 tackles cyber security in small businesses by requiring cyber security training for small business devleopment centers.
3 Ways State Policies Stay Innovative to Beat the Tech Curve
In 2016, California created the State Innovation Lab.
California maintains an Office of Digital Innovation.
The policy goal in California is to “create novel, deployable technologies that address needs identified by state entity partners — with a particular focus on open-sourced technology.”
State Tech | How Innovative States Stay Ahead of the Tech Curve
Lege TREND. Executive Branch TREND. 3 Examples of Statewide Cyber Security Policies
- New Mexico
- Legislation clarifying when the National Guard can be used during cyber events
- Oregon
- Executive order to unify all cybersecurity efforts into one agency
- Nevada
- a bill to create a cyber defense center to lead all their cyber projects in Nevada
38 Governors Sign CyberSecurity Compact. 3 Reasons Why & 4 Key Policy Issues.
National Governors Association is pushing for state reform of cyber security laws because:
- The federal government is too slow & too inactive
- Cyber security is not just an IT issue.
- Cyber Security is a technology issue, a health issue, an education issue, a public safety issue, an economic issue and a democracy issue
The National Governor’s Association initiative, Meet the Threat, calls for:
- instituting cybersecurity governing bodies
- organizing computer crime units for law enforcement…
A University Data Breach Informed Statewide Policymakers. 1 Prohibition Emerged.
Washington State University kept sensitive personal information on a backup disk locked in a $159 safe in a small safe in a storage unit.
The WSU storage unit was burlagized, and was the only unit burgalarized.
The takeaway for policy makers: Do not allow state institutions to store personal data in storage units.
Common sense governing. Better late than never.
Poll. Election Hacking Impacts Voter Turn out. 3 Key Pieces of Data.
A poll by Carbon Black reveals the concern level of voters for election integrity.
- 27% of voters polled are considering not voting because of fear that their voter data will not be secure.
- If the 27% hold true, that reduduces voters by 59 million voters
- 45% think the 2018 elections will be impacted by cyber breaches
SC Media | Cybersecurity concerns may stop 59 million Americans from voting in 2018
The Steps Maryland took after hacker went for its voter information. Procurement Opportunity.
In August 2016, Maryland officials notices hackers were trying to get to voter information, that set off a flurry of legislator and regulator activity. Here’s where they ended up almost a year later:
- legislators didn’t find out until it was in the news which ruffled feathers. suprise!
- Within 3 days of noticing the hacking attempt, state’s computer staff blocked the IP address from multiple parts of the network
- The Maryland elections administrator notified the Governor’s cabinet
- 2 weeks…
Business TREND. New Data Security Standard on the horizon.
To avoid the use of stolen personally identifiable information, the uK is seeing a rise in the use of biometric identifiers.
SC Media | Rise in use of biometrics products for cyber-security, report predicts