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Where: Sephora stores in France What protocols will be used to accept bitcoin/cryptocurrency? Global POS’ Easy2Play payment platform and EasyWallet app Global Cosmetic News | SEPHORA TO ACCEPT CRYPTO CURRENCY IN STORE

Where is there pending legislation for cybersecurity of autonomous vehicles (AVs)? Congress What is the legislation? S.1885 – AV START Act (115th Congress) What are the policy issues for AVs? requiring autonomous vehicle manufacturers to develop and execute a plan for reducing cyber vulnerabilities should a manufacturer have a cybersecurity plan before it can sell […]

Who is calling for Human Trafficking legislation to include a cryptocurrency angle? former director of the Office of Illicit Finance at the U.S. Department of Treasury What is the link between human trafficking and cryptocurrency? human traffickers use anonymous, decentralized financial systems (bitcoin etc…) to shield payments of unlawful activities from police and regulators How […]

What are 3 ways Nebraska reduced spending by consolidating data centers? Closed a statewide data recovery center Co-located the data center with a county data center State runs a private data cloud that local governments use to store data How long did the process take? 18 months to consolidate 22 state agencies State Tech | […]

Who led the switch to private data cloud in Ohio? Ohio Office of Information Technology  How did the process start? legislation? No, it was by Executive Order. How much will Ohio save? 2,459 to 1,896: Retirement and attrition of IT infrastructure staff $40 million to $980,000: Reductions in annual agency server hardware spending $28 million to $3 […]

Where: Colorado What are examples of state programs that lend themselves to blockchain? transferable licenses land rights tracking complex grant programs food safety How has Colorado adapted to state use of blockchain/distributed ledger technology? Colorado created the position of Blockchain Architect State Tech | Data Security Emerges as Top Government Application for Blockchain

Where: Arizona What is the funding request for the Arizona State Cyber Risk Fund? $22.5 Million What would it fund? statewide insurance & response for data breaches to state agencies  AZ Mirror | Arizona agency wants $22 million for ‘cyber risk fund’

Who is recommending incentives for cyber insurance? Foundation for Defense of Democracies Where did the Foundation for Defense of Democracies make this recommendation? In its report The Role of Cyber Insurance in Securing the Private Sector What types of government incentives were recommended? tax credits for all government contractors who have cyber insurance Why are […]

What commonalities do schools & libraries share that draws hackers to them? lack of funding lack of cyber security resources 2 most common hacks before ransomeware: malware banking trojans Politico Morning CyberSecurity | School Blues

Where: Los Angeles What is this non-profit public private partnership that L.A. created? LA Cyber Lab Who is involved in LA CyberLab? IBM Entertainment industry Utility representatives Local Universities Health care industry Telecom What are the goal os the LA Cyber Lab? provide businesses with threat intelligence build better local level digital defense Politico Morning […]