Welcome to the Future!
Where: Arkansas
The legislation: Senate Bill 632 (2019 | AR)
What does SB632 do?
Active Cyber Defense uses private sector cyber bounty hunters and hackers to protect critical infrastructure.
Who is behind this concept?
How would this private sector system work? the private sector hackser would be deputized “certified active defenders” to assist…
The U.S. Cybersecurity Solarium Commission is taking inspiration from the 1950s era commission that studying nuclear strategy.
The 14 member Cybersecurity Solarium Commission will be comprised of:
Strategies to develop:
The legislation: HB 904 (2019 | NC)
How does it impact businesses: Creates a duty on businesses to maintain reasonable security procedures and practices
Notification time frame: 15 days
Free credit freezes, thaws and monitoring? yes, yes and yes
Consent: Requires consent to access a consumers credit report
What do they say to legislators? Trust US
What do they say to consumers? We won’t misues your data, AKA trust us
What are they saying to investors? There won’t be any regulations, trust us, returns will be great still
What type of healthcare data breach? electronic health information was exposed online
How did it happen? a misconfigured web setting
What went wrong with notification that caught the Michigan Attorney General’s attention? Patients were receiving notifications addressed to other patients and contacted the Attorney General
Health IT Security | Michigan Attorney General Looking into Inmediata Breach, Mailing Error
Who: Defending Digital Campaigns, the nonprofit spinoff of a Harvard cybersecurity project
What: FEC is considering allow campigns to get free cybersecurity help
Why? Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris are disclosing funds spent on cybersecurity and the retention of cybersecurity experts
The catch: the nonprofit is founded by Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager
Slate | This Nonprofit Wants to Offer Political Campaigns Free Help With Cybersecurity
State: Massachusetts
Legislation: H 4806 (2018 |MA)
What did Massachusetts enact?
Leominster Champion | Governor Signs Bill to Enhance Credit Data Security
Where: Missoula County, Montana
The County adopted rules for crypto miners that:
Where: Australia
What group is recommending a Biometric Security Oversight Commission? The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement
In its report the joint committee found that: