Students 16 and over who live in Virginia, Michigan, Iowa, Hawaii, Nevada, Delaware and Rhode Island—you may be eligible to participate in a new cybersecurity skills program called CyberStart. You have to have access to the Internet and a computer to participate. CyberStart is “a forward-thinking skills program designed to supply specialist cyber security education … Continue Reading
I have the privilege of teaching the Privacy Law class at Roger Williams University School of Law (RWU). It is a required course for the school’s Joint Masters in Cybersecurity/Juris Doctor program, which is, to my knowledge, the only joint program offered by a university and law school in the U.S. A recent statistic states … Continue Reading
Governor Bruce Rauner signed several new provisions into law amending Illinois’ Personal Information Privacy Act, including health insurance and medical information into the definition of personal information that triggers notification in the event of a breach. Health insurance information under the law includes an individual’s health insurance policy number or subscriber identification number as well … Continue Reading
Skimming continues to be a problem for ATM machines and law enforcement continues to try to combat the problem. Skimming devices are attached to credit and debit card and ATM machines in order to intercept debit and credit card information and PIN numbers as they are being entered by an individual. The skimmers then re-encode … Continue Reading
As we mentioned before, Rhode Island amended its Identity Theft Protection Act on June 30, 2015, which will become effective on June 26, 2016. Now is the time to think about and put processes in place for compliance with the law by that date. This includes implementing data security measures for the personal information of … Continue Reading
