Bifurcated Data Security Laws. Who.What.Where.

Who & Where: Western Australian government

What: Data Security law that will create 2 parallel government oversights

What is the bifurcated approach?

  • Privacy Commissioner
    • “promote privacy measures and ensure accountability, as well as receive and resolve complaints”.
  • Chief data officer
    • “responsibility for supporting the public sector in the correct use and reuse of information, as well as management of data”.

Western Australia Privacy and Responsible Information Sharing

IT News | WA offers first glimpse at future data sharing laws

Research Fund Supports Cyber Security

What: Professional Services Council Foundation created the  Mark L. Cohn Research Fund

Why? ” promote innovation through research primarily focused on cybersecurity and other emerging technologies.”

Corporate Partner:  Unisys

PSC Foundation | PSC FOUNDATION LAUNCHES MARK L. COHN RESEARCH FUND TO HONOR VETERAN UNISYS FEDERAL CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER

Cyber Security Insurance. More Policies Purchased. Fewer Providers.

Why are providers concerned about writing cyber security insurance policies?

  • From a business perspective: hard to ascertain the right information necessary to build the mathematical models to assign risk
  • From a state policy perspective: the more cyber security laws that pass, the more attractive cyber insurance is

How much have policies increased since 2015? Total $2 billion last year, up 26% according to Moody’s Investors Service

3 Industries buying the most cyber policies: education, hospitality and retail industries

CyberScoop | Demand for cyber insurance grows as volatility scares off some providers

US Conference of Mayors + Data Protection at the Edge Resolution

What is Data Protection at the Edge Resolution?

  • Security measures for
  • Physical intrusion and infiltration of edge sensors
  • Deployed with smart city technologies

What lingo do I need to know?

  • “fault-tolerant technology solutions
  • critically necessary for resilience, redundancy, and reliability of data systems”

Smart Cities World | US mayors approve resiliency resolution

4 Local Governments Ban Facial Recognition Software

San Francisco, CA , Somerville, MA, Oakland, CA & Berkeley, CA have all formally banned the use of facial recognition software

3 Reasons Cities are banning facial recognition software:

  • it is often wrong
  • often wrong identifying women
  • often wrong identifying people of color

28 Congresspersons were misidentified as criminals in one case study use of facial recognition software

Governing | Cities Ban Government Use of Facial Recognition

States v. Tech Companies. What you need to know about policy of data protection

How many states tried to pass data security legislation in 2019? 24

How many succeeded? 3. Illinois, Maine, & Nevada

Why? Opposition from Tech Companies, The Internet Association, and Business Groups

Will there be more data security legislation? Yes, with record fines against Facebook and Equifax’s record breaking settlement in 2019

5 Opposition Arguments:

  • unworkable for businesses
  • wait for federal laws
  • too vague for businesses to comply
  • “further fragmentation of consumer privacy laws.”
  • too hard to enforce because of “complex national industry”

Governing | When It Comes to Data Privacy, States Are Battling Big Tech

Procurement Openings. Blockchain Voting.

Where: Cities will being using blockchain voting systems for citizens voting abroad

The cities: Denver, multiple cities in Utah, & the state of West Virginia

Policy goals:

  • increased return of foreign ballots
  • improved election integrity

How will ballots be verified? facial recognition has been selected as the default verification method

Route Fifty | Ready or Not, Blockchain-Based Mobile Voting Is Getting Closer

State TREND. Digital Currency Task Force.

Where: New York

Who sits on New York’s Digital Currency Task Force?

  • ConsenSys founder Joseph Lubin
  • Global Blockchain Business Council CEO Sandra Ro
  • adjunct fellow at the foundation for Defense of Democracies Yaya Fanusie
  • co-founder of Blockchain @ Microsoft York Rhodes
  • director of regulatory relations a Ripple Ryan Zagone
  • professor of law at Cardozo School of Law Aaron Wright

What are the Task Force goals?

  •  “regulate, define and use” cryptocurrencies
  • report on the state of the crypto industry by December 15, 2020

How did the Task Force come about? AB 8783 (2017 | NY)

Coin Desk | New York Legislature Names Initial Members to Crypto Task Force

NY Assemblyman Vanel | NY to Have First Crypto Task Force

Regulatory TREND. Requiring Data Security in Ride Share

Where: Columbia (the country)

What happened? a data breach impacted 267,000 Columbians at a ride share company

How did regulators exercise enforcement powers?

  • The government will suspend drivers licenses of ride share drivers for 25 years
  • actively protect the affected Columbians
  • develop a protocol for handling future data security breaches
  • train staff
  • adopt permanent monitoring system to determine whether the new data security measures are adequate

Reuters | Colombia orders Uber to improve data security after 2016 breach