FISMA
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Your agency\'s cybersecurity marching orders may be changing. Former cyber czar Melissa Hathaway joined In Depth with Francis Rose with the latest analysis of bills in Congress that could change the nation\'s cybersecurity mandate. She tells Federal News Radio that it\'s down to two bills and one could have an impact on the role of CIOs.
September 01, 2010 -
DHS will oversee and provide assistance to civilian agencies to improve how they protect their computer networks. White House cyber coordinator Schmidt says the goal of the memo is to make sure agency roles and responsibilities are clear. Schmidt also calls for more valuable public-private partnerships.
July 09, 2010 -
More and more agencies are gearing up to deploy continuous monitoring as a means of complying with FISMA. What is it, and will it come to your agency soon?
June 25, 2010 -
VA plans on implementing software to monitor desktop computers every 24 hours. NASA is developing a concept of operations plan to move to real-time oversight. OMB mandated agencies know the status of their networks in real time by November.
June 25, 2010 -
Senator Joseph Lieberman thinks his cybersecurity bill will be the one to cross the finish line to the President\'s desk.
June 16, 2010 -
Senator Tom Carper tells Federal News Radio there is a lot of room for improvement.
June 16, 2010 -
With as many as 40 different cybersecurity bills in various stages of consideration on Capitol Hill, which one will make it to President Obama\'s desk? The chairman of one powerful Senate committee is betting his cybersecurity measure will win approval in the Senate, and eventually earn the President\'s signature before mid-summer.
June 16, 2010 -
Senate leaders pledge to pass a comprehensive cybersecurity bill this year. Sen. Lieberman promises a hearing and markup of the legislation before the end of June. Industry experts are concerned over the role DHS will play in regulating critical infrastructure.
June 11, 2010 -
Thursday, June 17th The sophistication of security breaches of federal information systems and reports of improper access to these systems continues to grow at an alarming rate. Clearly, there is concern about and a desire to improve the security of these critical infrastructures. So where and how do we begin to effectively safeguard today\'s systems from cyber threats and increasing system vulnerabilities? c
June 07, 2010 -
The House Cybersecurity Caucus says new provisions \"will establish strong, centralized oversight to protect our nation\'s critical information infrastructure and update our comprehensive policy for operating in cyberspace.\" But will they? We ask Jim Lewis with CSIS
June 04, 2010 -
Data security threats continue to increase in number and sophistication. We learn more about \'Building an Architecture of Trust\' from Don Proctor, senior vice president for cyber security at Cisco.
June 04, 2010 -
House passes Defense Authorization Bill. Learn more in our cybersecurity update.
June 01, 2010 -
Former e-gov administrators Karen Evans and Mark Forman give their insight as to how federal cybersecurity management is changing now that President Obama\'s 60 Day Cyber Security Review is over a year old. Is FISMA a thing of the past? Find out by reading more.
May 28, 2010 -
NASA\'s cyberfocus shifts to real time. We get details from deputy CIO Jerry Davis.
May 28, 2010 -
DHS is leading the effort to rework cybersecurity metrics around patch, configuration, vulnerability and inventory management. Justice plans to host an industry day in June to tell vendors how cyberscope works. NIST will issue new cyber publications and GSA plans on new RFP for situational awareness and incident response tools.
May 25, 2010