Cyber security: Most state data loss disclosure laws are not effective

9 October 2013 Geoff Zeiss

There is no federal law on this issue and the state laws that do
exist are patchwork of different standards and requirements.  According to
datalossdb.org, in order to request data breach notification reports from governments,
several critieria need to exist.

  • The state must have Freedom of
    Information or Open Records legislation.
  • The state must have Breach
    Notification legislation
  • The state must require notifications to a
    centralized authority (like an Attorney General, or a Consumer
    Protection division).

At this time, only 12 states (Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Vermont, and Virginia) meet the
requirements for gathering primary sources. 35 states have data loss
notification legislation, but no centralized reporting. For example, even California which pioneered legislation on data loss reporting has no centralized data loss incident reporting. 4 states have no
data loss notification legislation.

Geoff Zeiss

Geoff Zeiss

Geoff Zeiss has more than 20 years experience in the geospatial software industry and 15 years experience developing enterprise geospatial solutions for the utilities, communications, and public works industries. His particular interests include the convergence of BIM, CAD, geospatial, and 3D. In recognition of his efforts to evangelize geospatial in vertical industries such as utilities and construction, Geoff received the Geospatial Ambassador Award at Geospatial World Forum 2014. Currently Geoff is Principal at Between the Poles, a thought leadership consulting firm. From 2001 to 2012 Geoff was Director of Utility Industry Program at Autodesk Inc, where he was responsible for thought leadership for the utility industry program. From 1999 to 2001 he was Director of Enterprise Software Development at Autodesk. He received one of ten annual global technology awards in 2004 from Oracle Corporation for technical innovation and leadership in the use of Oracle. Prior to Autodesk Geoff was Director of Product Development at VISION* Solutions. VISION* Solutions is credited with pioneering relational spatial data management, CAD/GIS integration, and long transactions (data versioning) in the utility, communications, and public works industries. Geoff is a frequent speaker at geospatial and utility events around the world including Geospatial World Forum, Where 2.0, MundoGeo Connect (Brazil), Middle East Spatial Geospatial Forum, India Geospatial Forum, Location Intelligence, Asia Geospatial Forum, and GITA events in US, Japan and Australia. Geoff received Speaker Excellence Awards at GITA 2007-2009.

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