Category Archives: data security

Lege TREND. 3 Opposition Arguments to giving Autodealers Control Over Customer Data

Oregon, like AZ, NY and MT, is considering legislation to secure auto customer data.

The Oregon Legislation: House Bill 3152 (2019 | OR)

Opponent arguments in Oregon are:

  • this bill would “require very secure and highly-regulated computer networks to become less secure”
  • computer system owners would not even be permitted to deny access to dealers’ designated people who lack technical training
  • the bill limit what people can do with this data

The Oregonian | Opinion: Bill would give auto…

Lege TREND. Motor Vehicle Dealers Increased Data Security Requirements.

Where: Arizona

The legislation: House Bill 2418 (2019 | AZ)

What data secuerity measures are required of motor vehicle dealers?

  • auto dealers are designated as the gatekeeper of all the consumer information
  • prevent DMS system data from being sold

What’s the bill missing according to a cyber security expert? best practices or standards

Are other states doing this? Yes, NY, MT and OR

Was it supported by the state autodealer association? the association stands by the bill (whatever that…

A Cyber Attack on a Port. 3 Regulatory Requirements emerging in the Golden State.

The Port: Port of San Diego

What happened in the ransomware attack?

  • Administrative systems were held hostage for a certain sum
  • Port staff shut down other portions of the port’s computer infrastructure
  • The port continued to operate during the attack on Sept. 25, 2018
  • Computer systems are not 100% as of 10.11.2018
    • no online permitting currently
    • no open records requests can be answered

3 Regulatory standards that emerged:

  •  deploy a multilayered security program
  • required data back up at…

Business TREND. Data Sharing partnership to Help Local Governments.

3 businesses: 

  • Ford
  • Uber
  • Lyft

have joined the data sharing project, SharedStreets, that focused on transportation that combines data from public and private sources.

Source of this data sharing project:  National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) and the Open Transport Partnership

Goal of the project that helps cities: help officials integrate mobility services like ride-hailing

The Drive | Ford, Uber, Lyft Join Urban Data-Sharing Project to Reduce Traffic and Pollution

Lege TREND. Cameras in Ride Share. Recording Ride Share Passengers

Voyeurism meets various state and national laws on recording passengers in ride share.

In Canada, express consent is required before ride share passengers can be recorded. 

In St. Louis,  Lyft & Uber  cut ties with a driver who recorded passengers, and streamed the rides. In Missouri, consent is not required to record interactions unless one person is naked.

AP | Uber, Lyft suspend driver who recorded St. Louis passengers | Washington Post

CBC | In Canada, Uber and Lyft drivers can’t live…

2 Policy Reasons for Passing Data Security Bills for Smart Vehicles

Bills that criminalize hacking smart vehicles would:

  • protect health and safety if the hack was to harm people
  • protect economic well being if the hack was intended to obtain credit card information stored in the car’s systems, financial data or hold the vehicle for ransom

Freight Waves | Cybercrime regulations over ‘smart’ connected vehicles and its impact on civil liability 

 

Lege Trend. Autonomous Vehicles. Cyber Security Researchers + Distributed Ledger Tech (Blockchain)

Texas University with new cybersecurity and autonomous vehicles research:  University of Texas at San Antonio, Institute for Cyber Security

What code words do I need to watch for in regulations or legislation? fog cloud computing 

What’s fog cloud computing?  A distributed ledger system of cloud computing being utilized to improve security of autonmous vehicles

How does it make it harder to hack an autonmous vehicle? more barriers, if the information is in packets and spread across various…