Model Law. New Kid on the Block. 9 Selling Points for Insurance Cyber Security Regulation.

 National Association of Insurance Commissioner’s approved Insurance Data Security Model Law to improve cyber risk management in the U.S. insurance market.

What does the model law do?

  • establish industry standards for data security
  • applies to insurers, brokers, and agents
  • requires companies to have written information security program protecting sensitive data
  • requires annual cetification to state insurance commissioners
  • requires notification of data breaches within 72 hours
  • encourages insurers to incorporate cybersecurity into their overall enterprise risk management & corporate governance practices
  • minimum practices of board and senior management reporting
  • oversight of information security practices
  • monitoring of third party service provider
    arrangements

Reinsurance News |  NAIC’s new security model to improve U.S. insurance sector’s cyber risk management: Fitch

3 Options to Fund State Election Cyber Security

  • Direct State Funding
  • Federal Funding via National Institute of Standards and Technology, which Congressional budget bills defund
  • State Funding Via an agency that oversees election cybersecurity

8 States have a plan to replace their voting machines: MN, MI, NV, NM, CO, AR, MD, RI

Politico | Cash-strapped states brace for Russian hacking fight

Governing | State Election Officials Need Money to Boost Cybersecurity, But Where Will They Get It?

Are Human Driven Cars or Self Driving Cars More Prone to Hacking?

Experts say self driving cars are better protected from hackers; making human driven cars more likely to face a hacker.

Why are non-selfing driving cars easier to hack? Because the cars send signals via sensors to themselves about distances and the like over low-level system that hackers have been penetrating for years. 

The fusion of these sensors in self-driving cars creates a ecueity protection as each sensor doesn’t trust the others data and the system as a hwole can override a command.

Guardian News | Assume self-driving cars are a hacker’s dream? Think again

Drones Changed Disaster Recovery.

Hurricane Harvey marks the 1st wide scale commerical use of drones after a disaster.

In addition to news crews utilizing drone footage, drones have been deployed by :

  • Insurance Companies to document and determine damages
  • Telecommunications companies to assess damages to infrastucture

San Antonio Express News | Government Technology | How Fleets of Drones Are Helping Assess Damage from Hurricane Harvey

State Innovation Center shifts to Change Cyber Culture in State Government. Opening for Procurement.

In 2013 North Carolina created the 1st Innovation Center (iCenter) in the U.S.

Since 2013, the iCenter has become focused on changing the culture of state government by:

  • working with higher ed
  • reaching out to local governments to help with IT 
  • using technology to think differently and approach issues differently 

What does this mean? State innovation centers are a way to introduce new technology to all levels of government within a state.

Government Technology | North Carolina’s iCenter Reaches Beyond State Agencies for New Ideas, Best Practices

Business Trend. 3 Reasons Data Centers Chose the Hawkeye State

Data Centers are chosing to set up shop in Iowa. Corn fields and data servers go together like Bluebell Ice cream and Texas.

The latest data center by Apple Inc. includes an economic incentive package that includes:

  • $208 million in state and local tax benefits
  • Apple will provide 50 jobs, buy 1000 acres and build cpaital investments of $1.4 Billion

What does the Hawkeye State have to offer?

  • generous tax breaks
  • wind-generated power
  • relative security from natural disasters

AP | Apple gets $208 million in tax breaks to build Iowa data center

Business Trend Becomes Local Trend. Becomes Data Source for Local Governments.

The Business: Integrated Roadways

What are integrated roadways? Roads with sensors, phone, and internet connectivity, telecommunications, fiber-optic cable, and high-speed Internet, as well as other hardware, inside road surfaces.

Would these integrated roads collect data for the benefit of the city? Yes.
 

What type of dats would roadways collect?  data on vehicle counts, speeds, and weights to give cities access to information

Equipment World | Smart pavement pilot projects stuffing roads with sensors and internet connectivity