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Regulatory TREND. What do I need to know about Active Cyber Defense?

Active Cyber Defense uses private sector cyber bounty hunters and hackers to protect critical infrastructure.

Who is behind this concept?

An Atlantic Council report,
by, Frank Kramer, Assistant Secretary for International Security Affairs for the Clinton administration
and by, Bob Butler, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Space and Cyber in the Obama administration

How would this private sector system work? the private sector hackser would be deputized “certified active defenders” to assist…

Election Security
Data privacy and Security think Marriott and Equifax Breach fixes to protect consumer data
Infrastructure Protection
Cyber Security Workforce

The Hill | Four cybersecurity priorities for Congress to confront active threats

tech companies should de-identify customer data or not collect customer data
comprehensive federal law is necessary
- why? tech companies that collect a lot of data are basically spies
people should have a right in their data, and a right to have that data minimized
consumers must be told what data is being collected & why
the data belongs to the users and users (consumers) should always have access to it

The gold standard law: GDPR in the EU

Date of cyber attack: April 2, 2018

What part of a pipeline system was attcked? an Electronic Data Interchange for the pipeline system

What impact did the hack have on the piepline?

The interchange was handled by a 3rd party
allegations that the system was shutdown, with no known impact on the natural gas flow
later in the evening, it was safe to transfer files through the EDI platform
no data or operations were affected by the attack