Welcome to the Future!
The legislation: Active Cyber Defense Certainty Act
The decriminlaization of hacking: If you’re a vicitm of hacking, this bill would allow you to hack the hackers. It’s like a Castle Doctrine for your Cyber Home.
Sophos | Bill proposes letting victims of cybercrime hack the hackers
The lawmakers: Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) and Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas)
The legislative concept: Allow agencies, like Department of Homeland Security, to work with consortia
What could the private entities do for the agencies?
The Hill | Bipartisan bill would let DHS team with consortiums on cybersecurity
Pennsylvania courts have determined that an employer owes no duty to an employee against a data breach. Next Stop: Codification via the Legislature.
What screams fix cybersecurity laws? A breach of a voice recording teddy bear
What’s the issue that would be addresed in legislation? The Teddy Bear company stored customer data and information on a public database that required no authentication.
What does no authentication mean? No security protocols, no passwords, no limited IP addresses etc… It’d be like leaving your credit card statement on a public park bench.
TechHive | Smart teddy bears for kids suffer a contentious data breach
The Public Private Partnership: Virginia and Amazon
The role of Amazon: to support scalable cloud infrastructure and collaborate on cybersecurity educational efforts
How far down the state employee food chain will education go? The partnership will also help educate teachers with cybersecurity courseware
A former top national security adviser says the cybersecurity legislation that is necessary is: uniform definitions for cybersecurity across all government levels.
Why do we need uniform definitions? Uniform defintions improve strategy for enforcement and legislation.
Defense of Democracies | Framework and Terminology for Understanding Cyber-Enabled Economic Warfare
The Chair of the National Governor’s Association lays out 3 ways states can tackle data and cyber security:
3 States with model public-private partnerships, task forces, and cybersecurity commissions:
The state landscape: Virginia
The cyber security proposals: make it a felony for cyber criminals to use ransomware
The reasons that the change in law may do more harm than good:
What do good cyber security laws do?
New Mexico’s House Bill 15 wants to put the state on par with other states by remedying a gap in our existing consumer protections by:
Los Alamos Daily Post | House Passes Data Breach Notification Act