Senate Approved Cybersecurity Bills, US Consumer Privacy Data Efforts, and Facebook’s 50M User Account Breach




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Summary: The guys discuss 5 recent Senate approved Cybersecurity bills and their potential impact if passed into legislation. They introduce the Department of Commerce of NTIA’s Request for Comments (RFC) regarding a US Consumer Privacy Data effort. They finish with the technical details regarding the recent Facebook breach and what the impact is to affected individuals.<br> <a href="https://podcast.musc.edu/podcast/infosec/e44-infosecicu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Show Notes</a><br> <br> Resources:<br> Senate Approves Cybersecurity Bills<br> <a href="https://www.securityweek.com/senate-committee-approves-several-cybersecurity-bills" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.securityweek.com/senate-committee-approves-several-cybersecurity-bills</a><br> <br> NTIA Seeks Comments on Data Privacy<br> <a href="https://www.ntia.doc.gov/press-release/2018/ntia-seeks-comment-new-approach-consumer-data-privacy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.ntia.doc.gov/press-release/2018/ntia-seeks-comment-new-approach-consumer-data-privacy</a><br> <a href="https://www.securityweek.com/us-unveils-first-step-toward-new-online-privacy-rules" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.securityweek.com/us-unveils-first-step-toward-new-online-privacy-rules</a><br> <br> Facebook Hack<br> <a href="https://www.securityweek.com/several-bugs-exploited-massive-facebook-hack" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.securityweek.com/several-bugs-exploited-massive-facebook-hack</a><br> One Cool Things<br> Evernote<br> <a href="https://evernote.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://evernote.com/</a><br> Peanuts Cartoon celebrates 68 years of publication<br> Contact<br> Email <a href="mailto:infosecicu@musc.edu">infosecicu@musc.edu</a><br> Twitter:<br> <br> * <a href="https://twitter.com/Gerald_Auger" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gerry Auger (@Gerald_Auger)</a><br> * <a href="https://twitter.com/sgcardinal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Steven Cardinal (@sgcardinal)</a><br> <br>