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NewsCast for Tuesday August 30th, 2016

Clinic Won’t pay breach protection for victims

• http://www.zdnet.com/article/clinic-wont-pay-breach-protection-for-victims-ceo-says-it-would-be-death-of-company/
• Are companies required to pay for credit protection?  It is common, but is it required?
• Can a class action suit succeed to force it?
• • Will that matter if they just declare bankruptcy?
  • If not.. What is the purpose to filing the suit?

California Bill would add security standards to data breach law

• https://bol.bna.com/california-bill-would-add-security-standards-to-data-breach-law/
• But what is reasonable… it can’t just be what a reasonable company would implement.
• Bill Text - https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB83/2015
• Is this going too far?  Is it too broad?  Is it enforceable?

St. Jude stock shorted on heart device hacking fears

• http://www.reuters.com/article/us-stjude-cyber-idUSKCN1101YV
• We were trying to build a relationship between testers and organizations.. This is a step backwards for building that trust.

A Temperature-check on the state of application security

• http://www.darkreading.com/application-security/a-temperature-check-on-the-state-of-application-security/d/d-id/1326727
• Where should appsec budget be?  With responsibility being in the application teams, should much of it be t

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