Category Archives: public safety

3 Reasons Tech Giants Oppose Australia's Encrypted Data Law

Which tech giants are we talking about? Facebook, Apple, Alphabet and Amazon

What is the opposition to the Australian encrypted data law?

  • giving law enforcement access,  creates tools that weaken encryption & is a huge risk to our digital security
  • oppose back-door access to their user’s data
  • 5 nations in the  Five Eyes nations are expected to follow suit: Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain, US and Canada

CNBC | Apple and Facebook among tech firms lobbying against Australia’s encrypted…

Regulatory Trend. Cybersecurity Integration Center Alerts Agencies to Wildfires too. WHERE. WHAT. HOW.

WHERE: California

WHAT: The information sharing at the California Cybersecurity Integration Center alerted agencies along I-5 to a wildfire before the wildfire was phoned in

HOW: the Cybersecurity Inegration Center uses electronic scrapes of twitter, and a tweet started the wildfire information sharing through the agency

Cybersecurity Integration Center was created by Executive Order in 2015. 

Route 50 | How California Is Improving Cyber Threat Information Sharing

Lege Trend. An internet bill of rights? Hello all tech & telecom: this one is for you. Marketing and data limits.

Activists are promoting an Internet bIll of Rights, the kind of bill state legislatures love. What would it do?

  • Keeping your “browsing history” private
    • ​Except: fraud or potential crimes  
  • Full disclosure when being monitored, and the right to opt out
  • Preserving the privacy of your social media accounts.
  • Ownership of your personal, digital content
  • Notification of injurious data breaches
  • Fair play on social media platforms and/or internet providers
  • Protecting children on social media

    • …

Local TREND. Cities Ending Data Sharing Arrangements with Federal Government.

Philadelphia terminated its data sharing agreement with ICE.

What do supports say?

  • Federal Courts agree with the constitutional concerns of not providing basic, humane treatment of immigrants
  • concerned that ICE was using the database “in inappropriate ways” 
  • Distrust in immigrant communities harsm law enforcement’s ability to keep the city safe

Governing | A Major City Ends Data-Sharing Contract With ICE 

Anatomy of Rail Data Safety Bills. 2 abridged bills in 3 easy steps.

Congress is considering STB Information and Security Act (H.R. 4921) and The FRA Safety Data Improvement Act (H.R. 4925) that will:

  • implement a plan to improve railway nformation security system
  • improve the management and collection of railroad safety data
  • identifying and mitigating rail safety risks

Railway Age | Rail data security bills head to Senate

FTC Study identifies 4 cybersecurity issues with EV, Self Driving Cars, Connected Cars

This month the Federal Trade Commission released a paper on cybersecurity issues with conencted cars.

4 Points from the FTC paper:

  • lots of information is gathered and shared, the information must be protected
  • can a vehicle’s safety controlled fuctions be segregated from other functions for public safety?
  • how to best update cars when a new vulnerability is discovered?
  • how to set a base line security standard for connected cars

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…

Using Government Data to Adjust Public Safety & Mental Health Care Saves Local Government Funds.

Johnson Co. Kansas relies on big data to address public safety and mental health concerns. The use of bug data has saved the local government:

  • thousands in revenue
  • thousands in man hours saved, saving $200,000 in patrol hours
  • reduced mental health related arrests, 45 arrests prevented saved more than $100,000
  • reduced reliance on emergency rooms, saving hospitals $150,000

How did Johnson Co. do it? By cross referencing 2 databases- county wide criminal jsutice database and a health and human…

Cybersecurity Policy Not only an IT Issue. Impacts 6 HUGE Policy & Business Issues:

The 2016-2017 Chair of the National Governor Association, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe, explains that cyber security directly impacts these policy areas and businesses:

  • technology
  • health care
  • education
  • public safety issue
  • business and economics, including insurance
  • democracy (elections)

State Scoop | 38 governors sign cybersecurity compact