InfoHive – Data Security

WHERE is blockchain voting happening?

• Most recent: Utah County
• 2018 West Virginia tested it in federal elections
• May 2019 Denver tested blockchain voting for a municipal election

HOW did Utah County test blockchain voting?

On military ballots

WHAT are 4 benefits of blockchain technology for elections?

• ease of voting
• transparency of the process
• high security standards
• higher percentage of oversees voters will vote

Governing | Utah County Puts Blockchain Voting to Test in Live Audit

Hackermoon | Utah Becomes The Third U.S. Jurisdiction To Offer Blockchain-Based Mobile Voting

What triggered this new enterprise? enforcement of short term rental legislation

Where is their business? Local government contracts

Motherboard | The People Paid to Dox Airbnb Addresses

Where: Massachusetts

What 3 Calls for Transparency:

• Prohibit removal of hard copy documents from office
• Disclosure of how long it took to locate a breach
• Engage in risk analysis and have a clear plan to mitigate risks

Health IT Security | Healthcare Most Impacted by Data Breaches, Insiders Root Cause

Health IT | In light of MGH healthcare data breach, experts call for transparency

Where: E.U.

How are facial recognition software the GDPR interacting?

• Citizens would be given explicit rights over their facial recognition data
• Citizens would have a right to know when it’s used
• It would apply to facial recognition by business, governments, law enforcement and security forces

What is the policy stance of the EU’s incoming President? “a co-ordinated European approach on the human and ethical implications of artificial intelligence,” 

Engadget | The EU may give citizens more control of their facial recognition data

Where: Georgia Supreme Court

What is the issue? Is actual financial harm required before a person can sue over a data breach?

Is this issue limited to Georgia? No

Decipher | GEORGIA SUPREME COURT CONSIDERS WHEN DATA BREACH VICTIMS CAN SUE

Where: Delaware

What legislation? HB 174 (2019 | DE)

What does HB 174 do?

• requires insurance licensees to implement information security programs
• report instances of data breaches
• Permits enforcement by the Department of Insurance to investigate violations & levy penalties

Delaware Business Now | Insurance Data Security Act signed into law after wave of data breaches

Which state is the latest member of the Electronic Registration Information Center? Florida

What does the Electronic Registration Information Center provide states?

• ability to crosscheck voter registration data
• against the data in 29 other member states
• identify duplicates & outdated records from voters who have moved or died

Government Technology | Florida Joins Electronic Registration Information Center

Who announced the Confidential Computing Consortium? Linux Foundation

What other tech companies are involved?

• Alibaba
• Arm
• Baidu
• Google Cloud
• IBM
• Intel
• Microsoft
• Red Hat
• Swisscom
• Tencent

The goals of the consortium:

• defining and accelerating the adoption of confidential computing
• accelerate the confidential computing market
• influence technical and regulatory standards
• build open source tools

Linux Foundation | New Cross-Industry Effort to Advance Computational Trust and Security for Next-Generation Cloud and Edge Computing

Where is a school district engaging in a partnership on cyberbullying? Harlingen CISD

Who is Harlingen CISD partnering with on cyberbullying? Department of Homeland Security

What are the goals of the partnership?

• educate the community on cyberbullying: the signs, how it occurs, who is involved, where it occurs (apps, email, the web)
• crack down on cyberbullying

4Valley Central | Cyber bullying on the rise, local school partners with Homeland Security

Where: Georgia

What action did the Georgia Governor take by Executive Order?

• reconstituted the State Government Systems Cybersecurity Review Board
• require all state workers to undergo training to prevent ransomware attacks

Georgia Governor Executive Order 08.13.19.01 

Atlanta Journal Constitution | Georgia governor orders new cybersecurity training after crippling attacks