3 Steps Montana Took. 1st State to Add Net Neutrality. Executive Order included

How did Montana add net nuetrality on the state level? Executive Order

What does Governor Steve Bullock (D) executive order require? internet service providers with state contracts to abide by net neutrality principle:

  • “in order to receive a contract with the state government, internet service providers must not engage in blocking or throttling web content or create internet fast lanes.”

Effective Date: Immediately with a 6 month grace period

The Hill | Montana becomes first state to implement net neutrality after FCC repeal

MT Gov. Executive Order No. 3-2018

Lege Trend. Procurement Opportunity. Gulf State Looks to Secure Business Contracts via Blockchain Legislation. Read the Bill.

Florida legislature is considering House Bill 1357 that will :

  • look to transition state data centers to blockchain technology
  • provides for electronic contracts and signatures secured by blockchain technology

 

As a side note, Arizona passed a similar bill in 2017. AZ HB 2417 (2017)

CoinDesk | Florida Bill Would Legally Recognize Blockchain Signatures, Smart Contracts

FTC Study identifies 4 cybersecurity issues with EV, Self Driving Cars, Connected Cars

This month the Federal Trade Commission released a paper on cybersecurity issues with conencted cars.

4 Points from the FTC paper:

  • lots of information is gathered and shared, the information must be protected
  • can a vehicle’s safety controlled fuctions be segregated from other functions for public safety?
  • how to best update cars when a new vulnerability is discovered?
  • how to set a base line security standard for connected cars

Lege Trend. BLOCKCHAIN meets Legislature. The Future of Data Security Legislation? Read the Bill.

Colorado Legislature is considering SB18-086 that brings together blockchain & data security legislation.

What you need to know:

  • Calls for CO to adopt a distributed ledger
    • this means pieces of the ledger live in different cyber spaces, so a hack of 1 space does not expose all the data
  • How does the bill get to a distributed ledger in Colorado state government?
    • Directs Colorado’s chief information security officer to evaluate the costs and benefits of using distributed ledgers in various government systems
    • CO will examine blockchain’s capability in handling cyberattacks compared to traditional computer systems

Anatomy of a Election Cyber Security Agency. 3 Goals of the Agency.

The Prime Miniter of Sweden announced the immediate formation of an agency charged with protecting the integrity of Seden’s elections. 

The new agency will be cahrged with:

  • “psychological defence by identifying, analysing, and responding to external influence campaigns”
  • will not hesitate to expose those who meddle in Swedish elections
  • in coordination with the agency, there will be increased funding for Swedish intelligence and cyber-defence services to monitor external threats
  • the agency will work with each parties’ officials to secure the election

Why does this matter? “A US report noted that Nordic states (Sweden) were “a favourite target of the Kremlin’s propaganda machine”

EU Observer | Sweden raises alarm on election meddling

 

Lege Trend. Cybersecure Election in the Buckeye State. 3 Key Elements of the bills.

Ohio Legislature is set to consider bills to strengthen cybersecurity for their election system by:

  • Establishing a Cybersecurity director within the Secretary of State administration
    • the Director would be responsible for recommendations to keep elections secure
  • Establishing a cyber-security advisory council appointed by the Secretary of State and made up of:
    • business community
    • technology community
    • law enforcement
    • voting advocates
    •  elections officials from both political parties
  • Requiring counties to have election audits

Cleveland.com | Democrat Rep. Kathleen Clyde to introduce legislation to beef up elections cybersecurity

OH HB 466 (2018) 

OH HB 467 (2018)

Lege TREND. +1 State. Bipartisan Data Security Bill Post-Equifax. 4 Requirements.

California’s SB 823 (2018)  requires:

  • Free credit card freezes and credit freeze lifts
  • Allowing all credit reporting agencies to freeze credit by initiaiting a request with 1 credit reporting agency
  • Allowing for electronic freezes and lifts

4 States currently allow for free credit freezes and freeze lifts:

  •  Indiana
  • Maine
  • North Carolina
  • South Carolina

Lege Trend. 8 States. Net neutrality bills.

The states looking to add net nuetrality requirements: North Carolina, Illinois, California, New York, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Rhode Island and Washington

4 policy goals of net nuetrality:

  •  A level playing field for all online services that prohibits internet providers to block or slow down sites or online services
  •  Ensure consumers find the content of the choice
  • Maintain broad access to online services and information
  • Protect businesses, large and small, from having to pay fees to reach users

Is there state authority to act? There is no statutory preemption & a 2016 case against the FCC stood for no FCC preemption 

Bipartisan? Yes. Republicans argue for the need to level the playing field for small businesses

New York Times |  States Push Back After Net Neutrality Repeal

Lege Trend. New Regulatory Division for Data Security. 5 Key Details to Draft one for your State.

The new federal legislation, The Data Breach Prevention and Compensation Act, would:

  • Create a new cybersecurity office within the Federal Trade Commission
  • Incentivize data security by imposing mandatory fines on credit reporting agencies with flawed security
  • Annual inspections by the FTC of credit reporting agencies
  • Fines would be divided to:
    • 50% to the consumers affected
    • 50% to the FTC to fund inspections and cybersecurity research
  • Credit reporting agencies would have to report to the FTC their technical and organizational security measures

Gizmodo | New ‘Cybersecurity Office’ Would Oversee Companies Like Equifax and Dole Out Fines for Slipshod Security