Welcome to the Future!
Why do health and services entities need to pay more attention to ransomware?
Gov Info Security | Congressmen: Ransomware Requires New Guidance
The state: Minnesota
The approach to student data protection: Recommendations for the 2017-2018 Minnesoata Legislature
The focus: 3 Points of focus:
Milwaukee Star Tribune | Legislators to study how to protect student data
The State: North Carolina
The cybersecurity apprenticeship qualifications:
State coop | North Carolina moves closer to creating cyber apprenticeship program for disabled vets
Augusta Free Press | Warner calls on FTC to protect children’s data security
What type of schalarly research is hitting against anti-hacking laws?
How do they run afoul with anti-hacking laws? The researchers generate faux profiles on the websites they are researching
WallStreet Journal | First Amendment Suit Claims Anti-Hacking Law Criminalizes Scholarly…
The key tort issue in data breaches: whether the consumer has been injured
What’s the argument if hackers have your information isn’t that a harm to a consumer? Some courts say yes, other courts say no.
Where are cases proceeding where the harm of the data breach is only having your personal information hacked? Judges in California, Illinois and other states
Wallstreet Journal | For Consumers, Injury Is Hard to Prove in Data-Breach Cases
How? Via laptop theives can open doors, and start an ignition to steal late model cars prompting new laws against auto manufacturers to secure vehicle data
Is this in Texas? Yes. Houston has recorded theft of a 2010 Jeep
Which manufacturers are targeted? Known hacks of autombilies are of Fiat Chrysler, GM and Tesla vehicles
Citizens in the UK dislike both the European Union and Businesses that have data breaches.
An overwhelming majority supporting fining businesses & the recommendation has made it to Parliament.
Computer Weekly | UK consumers support fines for firms that lose personal data
UK Parliament | Cyber Security: Protection of Personal Data Online
Are all data breaches electronic? No, hard copies of personal information are still sources of data breaches.
Are there examples of major data breaches that were based on hard paper copies? Yes. For example:
Do data breach laws discuss paper records? No, not all. The Federal laws and these 8…
Why Illinois updated its data security laws? To make the laws more consistent with technology
What additional personal information is covered by data breach law?
How will businesses be able to notify consumers of a breach? By email
Cook County Record | New IL legislation updates data breach law to cover more tech, speed required consumer notifications