TREND. Data Breach + State Treasurers = Calls for Business Leadership Changes.

State Treasurers from RI, PA and IL and New York City are backing Trillium Asset Management in calling for Zuckerberg to step down from facebook over security breaches and misuse of the platform by foreign agents.

Governing | States and New York City Urge Mark Zuckerberg to Give Up Facebook Chairman Role

 

Business TREND. Cyber version of the Red Cross? WHAT. HOW. WHY.

What is being proposed? an international organization modeled after the International Committee of the Red Cross that would help in cyber emergencies

How would this work? provide assistance and relief to vulnerable citizens and enterprises affected by serious cyberattacks

Why? Its based on work by tech companies including:

  • November 2017 a UN speech on cyber security y Brad Smith, Microsoft´s President and Chief Legal Officer
  • Spring 2018 Microsoft initiated the Cybersecurity Tech Accord
  • Fall 2018 60 tech companies have signed on to support core principles

Lawfare | Proposal for a Cyber-International Committee of the Red Cross

Campaign TREND. Tea Party Call Lists. Pro Gun Protest Agendas and Scripts unprotected data.

What data was exposed? Tea Party Patriots campaign materials, call lists, guidelines for national student led pro-2nd amendment protests, including toolkits for protests

How was it exposed? Left unpassword protected on an Amazon S3 storage bucket

Who found it?UpGuard, a California-based “cyber resiliency” firm renowned for locating confidential records inadvertently exposed online

Gizmodo | Tea Party Group Leaks Call Lists, Guides for Staging Pro-Gun ‘Student-Led’ High School Protests

Utility + Ransomware= Policy Makers Need to Know. Hello, Hurricane Legislation.

Which utility was hit with ransomware? Jacksonville, North Carolina-based Onslow Water and Sewer Authority

when was the ransomware triggered? middle of the night Saturday,  “specifically targeted” the utility in the wake of Hurricane Florence

what was the impact of the ransomware?

  • operating with limited computer capabilities
  • overwheliming IT support
  • accounts are being managed manually
  • not interrupt water and wastewater service

CyberScoop | Ransomware hits computer networks of North Carolina water utility

Regulatory TREND. Keep Bitcoin Transaction Clean with Strong Money laundering laws.How. What. Where.

Where: CipherTrace’s 2018 Q3 Cryptocurrency Anti-Money Laundering Report says 4.7% of funds moved through unregulated bitcoin exchanges is being cleaned

How can it be stopped? 

  • strong money laundering laws
  • bitcoin exchange regulation

 

Business Technology Media | Strong anti-money laundering laws hamper crypto-currency crime

#1 Way to Avoid Election Hackers. Procurement Opportunities..

A newly report titled “Email and Internet Voting: The Overlooked Threat to Election Security.” It’s a collaboration between the National Election Defense Coalition, the Association for Computing Machinery, R Street and Common Cause lists this as the best way to protect elections:

paper ballots

Politico | HIGH-TECH, LOW SECURITY

 

3 Things Businesses Want from Data Security Regulators.

  • Clear communication about compliance (35% of businesses say)
  • Grace periods without penalties when regulations are implemented (31% of businesses)
  • More time for compliance (17% of businesses)

78% say more cyber security regulations drive more cyber investment in businesses

Beta News | Infosecurity North America | 77 percent of CISOs get conflicting advice on changing regulation 

Campaign TREND. Cybersecurity. Golden State Governor Race.

Both candidates set forth cybersecurity plans that will:

  • train more cybersecurity professionals
    •  including 5,000 new female and minority cybersecurity professionals by 2021
  • secure consumer’s private data
  • protect Colorado as a place to do business

 

Colorado Sun | Colorado’s candidates for governor offer a first glimpse into the importance they will place on cybersecurity. 

7 Data Security Policy Issues Raised by a Financial Regulator. Put it on your Radar.

SEC Commissioner Kara M. Stein raises these policy issues for regulators:

  • Should a company value its data?
  • Should it disclose the value of its data?
  • Who is responsible for the appropriate collection and use of data?
  • Who is responsible for protecting the privacy of personally identifiable information that is collected and used?
  • Who is responsible for determining how data can be shared?
  • Who is responsible for establishing and implementing minimum standards for data collection and use?
  • Who is responsible for addressing inherent conflicts of interest?

SEC | From the Data Rush to the Data Wars: A Data Revolution in Financial Markets

Lege TREND. Requiring Consumer Goods with Unique Passwords. 3 Points You Need to Know:

California’s Internet of Things legislation, SB 327 (2018 | CA), requires consumer goods to:

  • come with a unique password per consumer good
  • passwords cannot be set to admin or password
  • in the alternative, consumer goods can require a statup procedure that requires the consumer to set a password

BBC News | Weak passwords banned in California from 2020