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• Legislation Seeks to Eliminate the Patchwork of State Data Breach Notification Laws

  by David Valdez on Tuesday, March 26, 2013

  Tags: congress , Advocacy , data breach

  Congressman J. Randy Forbes (R-VA) has prepared a draft data breach notification bill that serves as the best effort this year to eliminate the patchwork of state data breach notification laws. The bill would require “entities that acquire, maintain, store or utilize personal information” to report a data breach of customer information within 14 days ... Read More

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• Senator Toomey’s Data Breach Notification Proposal is Good Policy, But Faces Uphill Battle

  by David Valdez on Wednesday, June 27, 2012

  Tags: feinstein , public advocacy , IT Security , Mack , Advocacy , heller , blunt , ITsecurity , data breach , snowe , toomey , demint

  Last week, Senator Toomey (R-Penn.) released the “Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2012,” and is co-sponsored by Senator Olympia Snowe, Jim Demint, Roy Blunt, and Dean Heller.
  
  There are several provisions to this proposed data breach notification legislation, but among the highlights is a requirement that a covered entity provide “ . . ... Read More

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• Cybersecurity Legislation Predictably Unpredictable on Capitol Hill

  by David Valdez on Wednesday, February 08, 2012

  Tags: public advocacy , Smith , IT Security , Mack , PIPA , Advocacy , Leahy , DHS , ITsecurity , data breach , SOPA , Issa

  The 2012 legislative session started off looking very promising for the passage of cybersecurity reform -- then suddenly the landscape shifted. On privacy and intellectual property issues, we saw the Internet companies flex lobbying muscle in an unprecedented way.  Finally, even though 2011 saw more major data breach incidents than previous years, data breach reform ... Read More

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• Senate Nears Agreement on Cybersecurity Bill

  by Elizabeth Hyman on Wednesday, January 25, 2012

  Tags: Small Business Owners , reid , public advocacy , IT Security , smallbiz , Obama , Advocacy , Leahy , Hyman , privacy , SBA , data breach

  A look at the week of January 24 in public advocacy for the IT channel:  This week, an adviser to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said that the Senate plans to bring cyber legislation to the floor within the next month.  President Obama will make the chief of the U.S. Small Businesses Association ... Read More

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• Six Wishes for the New Year

  by Todd Thibodeaux on Thursday, January 05, 2012

  Tags: elections , CEO Corner , Small Business Owners , public advocacy , Member Connections , mobility , IT Security , smallbiz , healthcare IT , Advocacy , Thibodeaux , HealthIT , IT Workforce , data breach , Member News , Tech Workforce

  
  
  1. No Hostage Taking – The U.S. federal debt ceiling debate is going to rear its ugly head again in the next few months, and whatever fragile economic recovery we have could be dashed with a matter of a few votes. If Congress and the President don't want to spend our tax dollars (and more), then ...

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