TRENDing. EV Station Data Security Vulnerability. Building Data Security into EV Charging Station Bills and Regulations.

Two vulnerailities with EV charging stations have been spotted by tech experts:

  • EV charnging stations are not required to transmit charging authorization information in an encrypted format
  • EV charging stations are not required to prohibit duplicates of the same numbered card

Tech Crunch | Electric car charge-station payment systems may lack basic security measures

Equifax Fix TREND. The different route a Plains State Takes. 3 Key Points from the Bill.

Nebraska Legislature is considering LB 757  that will:

  • Applies data security requires people and businesses that owns, licenses or maintains data of Nebraska residents
  • Requires a data security standard of “reasonable security procedures and practices:
  • Ties the state legislation to  Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 

How does this differ from other state approaches?

  • Other states have focused on free credit freezes and free credit report un-freezing.

NTV | Proposed bill would offer free credit monitoring after data breach 

Red State Bill. Protecting Health Care Data in its Data Security Laws. Read the bill Text. Be informed.

Iowa’s Attorney General is supporting House Study Bill 526 (2018)  which adds the following health care information to the state’s data breach statute:

  • medical records, physical and mental health
    • including treatment & diagnosis
  • health insurance information

Any other requirements in House Study Bill 526 (2018) ?

  • 45 day notification requirement
  • 128-bit data encryption requirement
  • Notification to the state if written notification to more than 500 consumers in the state is required by a person’s primary or functional federal regulator (an Equifax fix)

Health IT Security | Proposed Iowa Data Breach Bill Accounts for Health Data

 

3 Reasons this Georgia Data Security Bill Poses a Threat to Security Researchers

Gerogia Legislature is considering Senate Bill 315 (2018) .

Data Security research supporters say the bill raises these 3 concerns:

  • The terms  “access” and “authority” are not clearly defined
  • because the terms are not clearly defined research will be quelled for the fear of committing an unknown crime
  • The Federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act also had broad terms and led to the “overzealous” prosecution of researchers

What’s the goal of the bill? To add the crime of unauthorized computer access to the Georgia Computer Systems Protection Act

KSU Sentinel | Georgia bill poses potential threat to cybersecurity researchers

+ 1 Executive Order on Net Neutrality. Where. How. Who. Why. What.

Where: New York

Who: New York Governor Cuomo

How: By Executive Order

What does the executive order do? NY Executive Order Number 75

  • Prohibits state contracts with entities that  treat all web traffic equally
  • Establishes internet access as an essential service

Why: In response to the FCC net nuetrality repeal, NY became the 2nd state to creae its own net nuetrality provisions.

The Hill | Cuomo signs executive order protecting net neutrality in New York

 

10 Data Security Ordinance Trends for Local Government.

  • City-wide digital platforms Data gathering, aggregating, and analyzing data 
  • Development of Connected Intersections Smart City initiatives 
  • Computing at the edge  faster and accurate for data analytics.
  • Merging of GIS, big data, and analytics data modeling community behavior
  • Public safety vehicles as digital hubs  faster and more accurately emergency response 
  • More Connected vehicle capabilities, See NHTSA suggestions for Vehicle to Vehicle (V2V) communications. The Feds- yay!
  • Greater real-time citizen wireless interaction  new government-citizen collaborative tools, including real-time video and data sharing and base-level artificial intelligence
  • Link autonomous vehicles with government sensors Smart Cities!
  • City Apps  transparency of government-gathered data
  • Smart city amendments to municipal codes

Cisco | Top 10 Smart City Trends for 2018

Bill Requires an Agency to Audit Other Agency Data Security Standards. Procurement Opportunity. Read the Bill.

H.R. 1224 (115th Congress) requires a 6 point audit of federal agency data security:

  • a description of staffing plans
  • workforce capabilities
  • methods of conducting such audits
  • coordination with agencies to support such audits
  • expected timeframe for the completion of the audits
  • other relevant information

 

+1 Southern State. Free Credit Report Freezes & Thaws. Read the Bills & the loyal opposition.

Florida legislature is considering SB 1302 and HB 953  that will end fees for freezing or unfreezing a credit report.

The bills make no other changes to credit reporting entities.

The opposition, the “Consumer Data Industry Association,” opposes bills that removes all fees from credit freezes.

Palm Beach Post | Florida considers ending fee to freeze credit as Equifax leads gripes

 

By the Numbers Tech Spending in Lobbying, Legislative & Regulatory Affairs.

2017 Congressional spending by tech companies:

  • Google spent $18 million (up from $15.4 million)
  • Facebook spent $11.6 million (up from $8.7 million)
  • Twitter  spent $561,000  (down from $680,000) 
  • Amazon spent $12.8 million  ( up from  $11 million)
  • Apple spent $7.1 million (up from $4.6 million)
  •  Netflix spent  $800,000 (same amount from 2016)
  • NCTA – The Internet & Television Association: $12.8 million  (down from $13.3 million)

The Hill | As Tech Industry Boosts Lobbying Spending, Showbiz Outlay Stays Largely the Same