Category Archives: regulatory trend

Lege TREND. Procurement TREND. Bill requires Government Tech purchases to meet Security Standards

HR7283 (115th Congress) requires devices purchased by the federal government to be:

  • Sets contractor minimum security requirements
  • Agencies will set baseline secueity standards for procurements
  • Standards must be “based on technology-neutral, out- come-based security principles”

Text of HR7283 (115th Congress)

NextGov | Upcoming Bill Would Lock Down Agencies’ Internet-Connected Devices 

Lege TREND. Anatomy of a Public Private Hacking Cooperation Bill.

Is this bipartisan? Yes, Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and Maggie Hassan, D-N.H.

What’s the bill called? The Public-Private Cybersecurity Cooperation Act

What would it do?  Creates a vulnerability disclosure program, crafted by the Department of Homeland Securty,  to allow hackers to report problems to the proper authorities without being prosecuted 

S3707 (115th Congress)

NextGov | Senators Introduce Bill to Let Hackers Reports Bugs to DHS

Regulatory TREND. 4 Concerns Over State Accepting Bitcoin Payments.

  • Fees charged by bitcoin processor.  Do the fees exceed fees in other payment options
  • Fraud there is a well known Canadian bitcoin tax scam
  • Unnecessary  who wants bitcoin payment? the information according to the state will not be available until after a few months into the program
  • Safety. Is it safe?

Nextgov | Is this about grabbing some of the sizzle that comes with all things blockchain and crypto

Lege TREND. State Legislation Reacting to Marriott Breach. What you need to know:

New Jersey legislature is moving A3245 (2018 |NJ) which is in repsonse to the Marriott data breach and will:

  • Expands the state data breach notification requirements to include disclosure of:
    • usernames
    • email addresses
    • any passwords
    • security questions and answers
  • The authors say prompt notification is required for people to keep their online acocunts protected

Insider NJ | Assembly Panel Clears Caputo & Murphy Bill Requiring Disclosure of Online Security Breaches 

Regulatory TREND. Texas Attorney General Investigating Marriott Breach. 3 Key Points.

  • Lots of potential Texas impact.  potentially 100s of 1000s of Texans “vulnerable to the nightmare of identity theft”
  • massive hack.  “compromising the personal information of up to 500 million guests”
  • enforcement actions include:

Texas Attorney General Office | AG Pax­ton Begins Inves­ti­ga­tion Into Mar­riott Data Breach…

Lege TREND. State Cyber Law Enforcement and Protections. Anatomy of a Bill + Benefits to Cities.

HB 747 (2018 | OH) will estalish the Ohio Cyber Reserve to protect Ohioans from cyber terrorists.

Authors tout that the Reserve will also help cities with cyber inititatives.

How many aspects of cybersecurity will the reserve have its fingers in?

  • election security
  • local governments
  • critical infrastructure
  • businesses

Like the national guard, the reserve will act by Governor action.

Fox 8 | Ohio House passes bill to establish cybersecurity team

Government Technology | Ohio House Passes…

Regulatory TREND. Accept Bitcoin for TAX PAYMENTS. 3 takeaways from Ohio

  • Ohio is the 1st state to accept bitcoin for tax payments
  • On OhioCrypto.com 23 Ohio taxes can be paid via bitcoin
  • Bitcoin tax payments will be limited to Businesses
    • After a successful pilot with businesses, then the bitcoin tax payments will open for individual OH taxpayers

Crypto Currency News | Ohio Accepts Bitcoin for Tax Payments: A Much-Needed Silver Lining. 

Regulatory TREND. Medical Office Data Breach Settlement. State Attorney General Bans Business Ownership.

Where: New Jersey

Who: New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal

What: In a settlement of a data breach  of medical records, New Jersey Office of Attorney General banned those responsoible for the breech from owning or operating a business in New Jersey. 

Gov Info Security | Breach Settlement Has Unusual Penalty 

Refreshing our Recollection | 5 States. 5 Data Protection Bills. Health Care. Retailers. Notifications.

The Hill | States are leading…

What do I need to know about the Legal, State Law & Federal Law Fight over Net Neutrality?

State law: California which passed the strongest net nuetrality law has agreed to put its regulations on hold while the legal fights and federal regulations are revisited

The DOJ & internet service provider trade associations lawsuit against California: Also put on hold

What are they waiting to play out? 

  • February 2019 lawsuit filed by  20 states’ attorneys general along with public interest groups and private businesses filed a lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission when it…