Data Security

IBM has expanded its data cybersecurity and recovery offerings to include a cyber vault, complementing its existing IBM Spectrum Protect Suite for data backup, recovery, and copy management; IBM tape storage for physical air gap security, IBM Safeguarded Copy for proactive attack defense and other.

A system used to coordinate response by USPS and other agencies in the face of natural or manmade emergencies will now also be used “to prepare for, identify and respond to cybersecurity incidents aimed at or affecting the United States Federal Government or the Postal Service,” including ransomware incidents and the exploitation of computer vulnerabilities.

Gas stations and convenience stores must adopt a layered approach based on EMV chips and point-to-point encryption.

A newly proposed bipartisan bill would establish a commission to assess the state of health data privacy laws and challenges to securing healthcare information that falls outside of HIPAA.

In a letter to IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig, Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., raises questions about the security and privacy controls around a soon-to-be mandatory process requiring taxpayers to submit "seflies" to a third-party company to gain access to their IRS.gov accounts.