FISMA

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Why no one has gotten to the bottom of the Log4j cybersecurity hole

Log4j, the most visible cybersecurity threat since Solar Winds, has organizations scrambling to find and fix instances of certain software.

Cybersecurity

The Capitol is seen as members of the House of Representatives vote on a short-term lift of the nation's debt limit and ensure the federal government can continue fully paying its bills into December, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Lawmakers see ‘real opportunity’ to modernize federal cyber playbook

Cybersecurity

Nancy Pelosi, Pete Aguilar, Bennie Thompson

CISA cyber incident reporting requirements trip on defense bill finish line

Cybersecurity

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FILE - In this April 5, 2009 file photo, the Department of Health and Human Services building is seen in Washington. A government audit finds that more than 1 in 4 cases of possible sexual and physical abuse against nursing home patients apparently went unreported to police. The Health and Human Services inspector general's office faults Medicare for failing to enforce a federal law that requires nursing homes to immediately notify police. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Data management emerges as a top performance challenge for Health and Human Services

Agency Oversight

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Agencies entering ‘execution’ phase of Biden’s cyber executive order

Cybersecurity

Chairman Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., speaks during a Senate Governmental Affairs Committee hybrid nominations hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 22, 2021, to consider the nominees for Postal Service Governors Anton Hajjar, Amber McReynolds, and Ronald Stroman, along with Kiran Ahuja, the nominee to be Office of Personnel Management Director. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Senate lawmakers introduce FISMA reforms, including cyber incident reporting for agencies, contractors

Cybersecurity

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Biden cybersecurity leaders back incident reporting legislation as ‘absolutely critical’

Cybersecurity

What about those seven departments who remain lax in cybersecurity controls?

Cybersecurity

The improved Technology Modernization Fund needs other reinforcement

Commentary

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Who says mobile devices need protecting? FISMA, NIST and the DoD for starters.

Federal Insights

Breaking down FITARA’s cyber scores: How do we raise the grade?

Commentary

Steny Hoyer, Anthony Brown, Eliot Engel, Don Beyer

DC area lawmakers hope to block funding for BLM move

In today’s Federal Newscast, a group of D.C. area Democrats in the House are hoping to block any funding meant for the relocation of the Bureau of Land…

Federal Newscast

VA cites slow progress in moving the needle on longstanding cyber concerns

Lawmakers say they fear cybersecurity mitigation efforts are taking a backseat to the mounting pile of IT modernization initiatives ongoing at the Department…

Veterans Affairs

CISA stepping into cybersecurity coordinator role as agencies improve cyber hygiene

Cybersecurity

Federal Chief Information Security Officer Grant Schneider, speaking Thursday at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s summit, said agencies have “come a long way” on cybersecurity. He pointed to overall higher Federal Information Security Management…