Category Archives: local government

Regulatory Trend. Keystone State Plan to Prevent Voter Hacking + Local Government Mandate

Governor of Pennsylvania ordered counties to buy voting machines that also leave a paper trail to protect against hacking.

Pennsylvania is providing counties with this much funding to update voting machines: $0

Governing | To Prevent Hacking, Pennsylvania Will Create Voting Paper Trail

AP | Pennsylvania to require voting machines with paper backup

3 Reasons County Commissioners Concern over State Cyber Security Council

Bills in the Kansas legislature is proposing a Kansas cyber-security authority. H2331 (2018)

County Commissioners in Segwick County raise these concerns:

  • Any local government connectiung to state system would have to have their cybersecurity programs reviewed
  • Unfunded mandate
  • For a small county like Segwick, the cost per person is estiamted at $700/person

WHAT WOULD THE KANSAS CYBER SECURITY AUTHORITY DO?

  • Create a Kansas information security office
  • review  cyber-security programs
  • create…

The Ways Cities are Requiring Net Neutrality Standards.

Cities and local governments are implementing net neutrality standards by:

  • city-owned broadband options
  • yes, municipally owned internet

What policies goals have some cities, like San Francisco, set for municipal broadband?

  • internet acess must favor the general public and San Francisco values
  • Ft. Collins is hailing municipal borad band as a means to reclaim privacy

Government Technology | States, Cities Turn to Tech in Bid to Preserve Net Neutrality Principles 

 

 

10 Data Security Ordinance Trends for Local Government.

  • City-wide digital platforms Data gathering, aggregating, and analyzing data 
  • Development of Connected Intersections Smart City initiatives 
  • Computing at the edge  faster and accurate for data analytics.
  • Merging of GIS, big data, and analytics data modeling community behavior
  • Public safety vehicles as digital hubs  faster and more accurately emergency response 
  • More Connected vehicle capabilities, See NHTSA suggestions for Vehicle to Vehicle (V2V) communications. The Feds- yay!
  • Greater…

3 Ways The Los Angeles Cyber Center is a Model for Cities

What standards did Los Angeles use in crafting its Cyber Center? Federal Government and industry Standards

The key to the city Cyber Center?  integrated strategic operations center

What does the integrated strategic operations center do? 

  •  “processes cyber threat information from the Homeland Security Department, the FBI and various private sector and non-profit sources and feeds it out to its member operations centers and to city departments”

How does this help unify cyber protections…

1st ever US hacker attack on Local Transit System. 3 Lessons for other cities.

The transportation system: Sacramento Regional Transit

The hack: destroyed internal systems data, but no data was stolen. It was a ransomware hack with a 1 bitcoin ransom

The recovered data: 80% via backup data

Impact on transportation systems: Train and bus service was not affected

Governing | Hackers Attack Transit System in California’s Capital

 

Business Trend. Smart Cities Built by Business. Tech Company Economic Development.

The Business:   Cascade Investment, which is owned by Microsoft’s Bill Gates

The smart city: Belmont, a planned community in Arizona

The smart features:  

  • high-speed networks
  • autonomous vehicles
  • high-speed digital networks
  • data centers
  • new manufacturing technologies
  • autonomous logistics hubs

CNN | Bill Gates invests $80 million to build Arizona smart city

 

Local Trend. Cities Buying Cyber Insurance. Legislative Protection?

Cities in Wyoming are purchasing cyber insurance to protect themselves from hackers.

Some say that the Legislature should act to protect cities from hackers.

Proposed legislation includes:

  •  long prison term for those caught conducting cyber attack
  • a world-wide agreement on how to abolish cyber attacks

Cody Enterprise | EDiTORIAL: Cyber insurance good idea for city

Trending Ride Share Issue in the West. Data. Data. Data. Cities v. States v. TNCs v. Riders.

California regulations on ride share require annual data reports. The data required to be sent to the state includes:

  • types of service they provide
  • what neighborhoods they serve
  • how many miles their drivers log

What data do the cities want? 

  • Data to help solve local transporation issues
  • Ride Share’s affect on roads
  • Ride Share’s affect on the environment

The data’s big bad issue: Privacy concerns about rider personal information

The Recorder | Uber and Lyft Resist Regulators’…

October is Cyber Security Awareness Month. 3 Ways Business & Government Are Jumping on the Bandwagon.

October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month. Here’s exampkes of what governments and businesses have done to engage:

  • D.C. has a Cyberscoop’s  DC CyberWeek  that brings together experts, executives, innovators, influencers and decision makers from government and business sectors to learn, network, hack and improve cybersecurity outcomes.
  • ESETand Wrapify are sending a squad of #CyberAware vehicles on San Diego roads offering cyber security trivia and prizes
  • Secure San Diego is a day…