The Nevada Gaming Commission passed new rules to keep security from being broken.

At the start of next year, there will be a lot of big changes in Nevada. On Thursday, the Nevada Gaming Commission changed the rules about how safe casinos should be.

A year with no security holes:

Starting on January 1, 2023, all state casinos will have to protect themselves, their employees, their customers, and themselves. After a few security breaches happened around the world, casinos will now be safe from cyberattacks in the future.

Moreover, the rule says that state casinos will have to come up with risk assessment plans by the end of the following year. At least once a year, the plans will be changed. The new regulation says how operators will have to tell the government about any cyberattacks.

This news is about the over 400 unrestricted casino operators in the area. At a meeting on Thursday, the Nevada Resorts Association and the Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers approved the rule without any objections. In the fall, people spoke out about the new rule at public hearings.

Also, even though many large casinos already have data protection built into their systems and can stop any kind of data breach, hackers and cyber thieves are still a problem at resorts.

In 2015, there was a data breach at the Hard Rock Hotel, which is now part of a chain of Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas. Also, Back then, the company told its customers to pay attention to the balances on their credit cards from September 3 to April 2.

How to do it:

In fact, casino and sportsbook licensees can defend themselves in several ways. “The best cybersecurity practices it deems suitable” were the law’s instructions.

Licensees “must continue to monitor and evaluate cybersecurity threats to its business operations on an ongoing basis and shall alter its cybersecurity best practices and risk assessments as it sees suitable” after the initial risk assessment.

In addition, casinos have 72 hours to notify the Nevada Gaming Control Board of a cyberattack-related data breach. They must describe where the breach originated from, how terrible it was, and how to remedy and prevent it.

According to Nevada Resorts Association president Virginia Valentine, few members have attended meetings on this topic. She stated their comments were incorporated into the new guideline but didn’t elaborate.

On November 21, the Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers’ executive director, Daron Dorsey, wrote to the commission. Eight document changes were accepted. Most explained previously stated policy.