The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program has released new documents and updated existing guides in an effort to streamline, clarify and optimize its continuous monitoring processes. FedRAMP said Wednesday the new and updated
MoreMatt Goodrich, director of the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program at the General Services Administration, has said a mid-range cloud service provider would incur a total median cost of $2.25 million in order to get a
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A report by Energy Department acting Inspector General Rickey Hass says DOE has made progress on its efforts to transition from a compliance-based information technology security management strategy to a risk-based method. Hass said Nov.
MoreThe Defense Information Systems Agency has implemented a continuous monitoring risk scoring system that will work to measure the cybersecurity risk of the agency’s computer networks, Federal News Radio reported Thursday. Jason
MoreThe National Institute of Standards and Technology has published a new set of guidelines for evaluating security and privacy controls in federal information systems, GovInfoSecurity reported Monday. Eric Chabrow writes Ron Ross,
MoreThe U.S. and Europe appear to follow different approaches in addressing issues related to cyber threats and cybersecurity, FCW’s Edwin Bentley reported Thursday, citing his observations at the recent Infosecurity Europe and FOSE conferences.
MoreThe recent Federal Information Security Management Act report named the Department of Homeland Security as the top performer in an assessment of federal agencies’ compliance to IT security standards, GCN reported Thursday. DHS’ continuous monitoring
MoreKeith Alexander, former director of the National Security Agency, has projected the world will produce h 3.5 zettabytes of data in 2014, Nextgov reported Monday. Frank Konkel writes Alexander recommended âstronger continuous
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A new MeriTalk report has found that federal agencies are becoming more aware of what big data can do to improve operations, a trend Jim Myers, senior vice president and general manager for
MoreA report by the Department of Homeland Security‘s inspector general has identified potential weaknesses in cybersecurity and system monitoring processes at the agency, Federal Times reported Monday. Andy Medici writes the IG
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