The Center for Strategic and International Studies has released a report recommending actions that Congress, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and federal civilian executive branch, or FCEB, agencies must do to clarify roles and responsibilities to help ensure the security of federal digital networks.
The recommendations outlined in the report published Monday are classified into three pillars: resourcing toward success; leveraging and harmonizing authorities; and enhancing communication and coordination with key stakeholders.
For the first pillar, the report recommends that Congress ensure consistent funding streams for the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program and other initiatives, establish a Joint Collaborative Environment and fund an entity to collect, analyze, share and protect information about cyber statistics.
Under the second pillar, the report calls on CISA to commission a report outlining its roles and responsibilities as the lead agency for federal network defense and identify a way to effectively engage in the misinformation and disinformation discourse.
The majority of recommendations under the third pillar are for CISA. These include developing a public campaign to promote the agency’s role as the lead for federal network defense, providing sector-specific cybersecurity guidance and hosting a database of shared service offerings for FCEB agencies.
