- A cyber security researcher in California discovered that Cyberattackers had opened a pathway into the networks running the United States power grid.
- Digital clues show hackers tied to Iran have possession of passwords and engineering drawings of dozens of power plants
- In 2012 and 2013 Russian hackers sent encrypted commands to points on the US power grid
- Why is the power grid so vulnerable? An aging, outdated power system
- Just like other hacks, vulnerabilities occur in 3rd party…
Category Archives: legislative trend
INTERIM 2015 Health Care Data Breaches Leaked 112 Million Health Records. 3 Points to Know.
- Health care comapnies are required by HIPPA to report breaches
- The federal government publishes breach information. Check out: Office of Civil Rights (OCR) under Health and Human Services
- 90% of health care breaches in 2015 were the result of a Hacking/IT Incident
Remember when Texas passed laws to go above and beyond over HIPPA? Look for it in health care data protection too.
Forbes | Data Breaches In Healthcare Totaled Over 112 Million Records In 2015
3 New Rules from Cyber Insurance Coming to a Regulator Near You
- Lots of cyber insurance policy litigation.
- You know what lawyers mean- lawsuits and legislation.
- 2015 was once in a lifetime groeth in cyberinsurance market
- Hyper growth leads to regulation and legislation as the unintended consequences emerge
- health care cyber insurance renewal rates are seeing 150% premium increases
- Big premium cases mean, big regulatory and legislative changes are afoot
Property Casualty 360 | Cyber insurance 2015: Inside a robust and rapidly changing market
Lege Trend | Tuck Data Security Bill into Spending Bill
Change general law in a spending bill? No, say it isn’t so. Yes, it is so.
Congress is adding data security language to is spending authorization bill. Here are the highlights that have privacy advocaes on the right and left up in arms:
- The government already spies on its citizens too much
- Going light on businesses that share more information about data breaches with the government and other businesses isn’t helping privacy
- Protecting from disclosure under the Freedom of Information…
INTERIM: 5 Concerns Your Clients Have about Data Breaches
- More concerned about data breaches than lawsuits
- Worried about corporate image damage from data breaches
- Board Chairs and CEOs are more involved in data security than ever before
- Odds are high most comapnies have a data response plan
- Data breaches are increasing in severity and frequency
Credit Union National Association | Study: Companies losing confidence in data breach protections
INTERIM #1 Reason Security Experts Oppose Data Security Regulation
Data security landscape constantly changes and regulation will not keep up that pace.
The Hill | Retailers pan cyber bills as holiday assault looms
INTERIM Retailers Oppose Data Security Bill. 3 Reasons Why.
- Holiday shopping spikes make tracking amonolous shopping transactions very difficult
- Overburdensome to small retailers
- Ignores the data security responsibility of 3rd party vendors and financial institutions
The Hill | Retailers pan cyber bills as holiday assault looms
How 1 Western State Classifies Info as Public, Confidential, Secret, or Top Secret.
The Montana Information Technology Managers Council this fall promulgaed policy to require Montana state agencies to classify information in 4 categories:
- public
- confidential
- secret
- top secret
Open government? The category names depcit a conflict between category names IT professionals regularly utilize & the categories that political types would prefer,
The policy is htting the Montana Legislature with a roar.
Montana Standard | State mulls policy on public, secret, top secret…
INTERIM DATA SECURITY: The National Standard for Data Security Legislation is Not Texas. It is 1 of the 10 States with new Data Security Laws in 2015.
…California.
The Hill reports that Congressinaction is by default allowing California’s data breach laws to precedence as a national standard.
California data security laws tackle business notification requirements; education data breaches; and health care data breaches.
10 States that strengthened daa security laws in 2015:
- Connecticut
- Montana
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- North Dakota
- Oregon
- Rhode Island
- Washington
- Wyoming
- California
Lege Meet Legal Trend: Hacking Laws. Define Data Ownership Like This.
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals is wrangling over wording in an anti-hacking statute.
What legislative craft became legal fodder? Whether a law that prevents hacking can be applied against a business.
Why does this matter to your clients? Businesses want to protect the data they retain and the data their customers have on their websites and computers. But, who owns that data?
Why does this matter in Texas? Data storage facilities in Texas, like the large Facebook data storage open…