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Create a cybersecurity leader role within HHS to align industry- facing efforts for health care cybersecurity.
Establish a consistent, consensus-based health care-specific Cybersecurity Framework
Require federal regulatory agencies to harmonize existing and future laws and regulations that affect health care industry cybersecurity.
Identify scalable best practices for governance of cybersecurity across the health care industry.
Explore potential impacts to the…
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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State: Massachusetts
The highest level Massachusetts government position created: Secretary of Technology
The MA Secretary of Technology would be tasked with hiring:
Originator of the MA Secretary of Technology post: The Massachusetts Governor
Data and cyber positions are gaining power insisde and outside government.
Greenfield Recorder | New Baker bill creates Cabinet position for technology
The brainchildren behind Intelligent Transportation Cybersecurity Task Force: Intelligent Transportation Society of America & nonprofit Cyber Future Foundation
Which stakeholders are involved? auto manufacturers, government leaders and transportation officials
What will the task forces study? cybersecurity issues- legal and liability issues and policy, regulation and legislation- to esnusre the highest elevel of safety and privacy in a connected transportation environment
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Background: The FCC in 2017 overturned internet privacy
What is Congress Doing in Response? Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., chairwoman of the Communications and Technology Subcommittee, filed a bill to return the power to regulate the internet back to the FTC.
What do privacy advocacy rights advocates say about this bill? 17 states have bills to protect state resident data privacy. The federal bill by Congrresswoman Blackburn would preempt those state laws.
Nevada Senate passed an internet security bill that will:
Why are states passing internet security bills?
Amendments to Congressman Tom Graves’ Active Cyber Defense Certainty Act include:
Politico Morning Cyber Security | Scoop: ‘Hack back’ bill gets…
Country: Germany
The protections that Germany seeks to combat election hacking:
SC Media | Lawmakers in Germany push for encryption-busting trojan in lead up to election
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…