Welcome to the Future!
On the horizon is rulemaking to make cars talk to each other. Cars will transfer information about how the car is moving and where it is, that gives rise to these legislative and regulatory questions?
The future is here. U.S. Department of Transportation is proposing new rules to require…
The U.S. Air Force forewarns that data security is more than computers. Its networked mechanics and platforms.
There’s even handy jargon sure to catch on- operationalize cyber security.
Sound familiar? Sounds likeutilize medical equipment that transmits information, or dolls that contain information about children, or your Fitbit.
Defense Systems | Air Force: Cyber security extends beyond IT
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The gift: talking dolls
The data security threat: The dolls record, without consent, children’s voices and saves the voices.
The laws and rules at issue both federal and state: Deceptive Trade Practices Act. Federally enforced by the FTC, and by the AG in Texas.
Wallstreet Journal | Talking Dolls Pose Privacy Risk to Children, Advocacy Groups Allege
The legislative step that could protect utility districts from ransomeware threats? 15 minute backup intervals
The 15 minute regular backup allowed Nebraska’s Central Platte Natural Resources District to thwart a ransomeware attack.
SC Media | Nebraska irrigation district thwarts ransomware attack with automatic backup
The U.S. Senate Cybersecurity caucus is compromising to move forward with a national commission to investigate the difficulties encryption has created for law enforcement.
What’s missing from self driving car regulations? Assurances that governmental agencies aren’t trying to gather data.
What type of data could be collected about a self driving car?
The legislative/policy/regulatory buzz word? Privacy.
Tech Crunch | Lyft wants more explicit protection of consumer data from NHTSA on self-driving
Can a business buy a list of breached users from another business for the purpose of notifying the hacked users?
uh, what? Facebook wants to buy a list of hacked users from another comapny so it can don the white hat and tell its members they were hacked.
For your consideration while legislatures consider how to protect consumers whose information has been hacked. Anyone for a prohibition on the sale of the hacked information?
Federal legislators will be asked to consider incentivizing businesses to build in cyber security into their products.
3 IoT Questions for House Energy & Commerce about Cybersecurity | Pwnie Express
The flaw in cybersecurity law: Not modernizing the law to address white hat hackers
The goals of the legislative fixes:
The legislative fixes: