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

 

Lege Trend. Ports and Cyber security. 2 Key Points. Read the Bill.

Congress’ Strengthening Cybersecurity Information Sharing and Coordination in Our Ports Act will:

  • Require a maritime representative on the nation’s information sharing hub for critical infrastructure cyber threats run by Department of Homeland Security
  • Require Department of Homeland Security to improve cyber information sharing and coordination at U.S. ports

U.S. H.R. 3101 | Strengthening Cybersecurity Information Sharing and Coordination in Our Ports Act

The Hill | House passes bill to…

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’…

TX House Interim Charge Request on Data Security for your Toll Tag.

Texas State Representatives Minajarez, Pickett, Dale, Oliverson & Goldman requested the following interim charge:​

  • Study what precautions toll road operators in Texas have in place to prevent cyber security threats, both internal and external.

The Minajarez, Pickett, Dale, Oliverson & Goldman letter to Speaker Straus dated 10.2.2017

Are Human Driven Cars or Self Driving Cars More Prone to Hacking?

Experts say self driving cars are better protected from hackers; making human driven cars more likely to face a hacker.

Why are non-selfing driving cars easier to hack? Because the cars send signals via sensors to themselves about distances and the like over low-level system that hackers have been penetrating for years. 

The fusion of these sensors in self-driving cars creates a ecueity protection as each sensor doesn’t trust the others data and the system as a hwole can override a command.

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Business Trend Becomes Local Trend. Becomes Data Source for Local Governments.

The Business: Integrated Roadways

What are integrated roadways? Roads with sensors, phone, and internet connectivity, telecommunications, fiber-optic cable, and high-speed Internet, as well as other hardware, inside road surfaces.

Would these integrated roads collect data for the benefit of the city? Yes.
 

What type of dats would roadways collect?  data on vehicle counts, speeds, and weights to give cities access to information

Equipment World | Smart pavement pilot projects stuffing roads…

Regulatory Trend. Agency Shares Data with App Developers for Transportation Apps. Public Private Partnership for Transportation Coders

The State: Virginia

The goal of the public-private partnership:  “optimizing opportunities for innovative collaboration and investment in Virginia’s transportation system”

The data shared with the private sector: 22 different data sets, with initial data sets including traffic volumes, speed limits, travel advisories, lane closures, crashes, truck restrictions, traffic sensors, incidents, sign messages and locations, paving schedules, short- and long-term weather events, the Six-Year…