Asssignment

Statement

State legislatures continue to advance policy proposals to address cyber threats directed at governments and private businesses. As threats continue to evolve and expand and as the pace of new technologies accelerates, legislatures are making cybersecurity measures a higher priority.

Assignment

You are to author a 2-page (maximum) paper about the “failed” amendments proposed by the Kentucky legislature in 2019 with respect to Cyber Policy.  APA format – 1 cover page, 2 content pages, and 1 reference page.

You are to answer two questions in your individual papers. 

1. Brief background of the proposed amendment and “researched” speculation as to why it failed?
2. What would you propose for them to pass in 2020?

Remember to cite your sources appropriately and turn in original work!

Section 55

KY S 195
Status: Failed - Adjourned
Requires a manufacturer of a connected device offered for sale in Kentucky to equip the device with reasonable security features appropriate to the nature and function of the device and to the information it may collect, contain, or transmit, and designed to protect the device from unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification, or disclosure, defines authentication, connected device, manufacturer, and unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification, of disclosure.