The Government Accountability Office has found that civilian agencies’ implementation of the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014, or FISMA, was mostly ineffective due to various challenges, including gaps in standards,
MoreThe Office of Management and Budget issued guidelines to help federal agencies comply with the Federal Information Security Modernization Act, also known as FISMA, for fiscal year 2024. The guidance includes requirements
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Shalanda Young, director of the Office of Management Budget, and Kemba Walden, acting national cyber director, have sent a memo to department and agency heads outlining the Biden administration’s cybersecurity priorities for
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The Office of Management and Budget has issued a memorandum requiring agencies to report at least 80 percent of their government-furnished equipment through the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program by the end
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Dave Powner and Mark Peters, respectively an executive director and a cyber specialist at Mitre, said they believe Congress should align proposed legislation to reform the Federal Information Security Modernization Act with
MoreCybersecurity experts shared their thoughts on new questions and items outlined in fiscal year 2022 chief information officer metrics, including the document’s increased focus on multifactor authentication and encryption, Federal News Network
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The Government Accountability Office reviewed FISMA reports of 23 civilian Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990 agencies and preliminary results showed inconsistency in agencies’ implementation of requirements under the Federal Information Security
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The General Service Administration seeks market information for the creation of a federated authentication service. GSA’s Technology Transformation Services (TTS) team requires a service that would authenticate users from multiple agencies to
MoreThe Office of Management and Budget has released fiscal year 2021-2022 guidance to help agencies comply with the requirements of the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 and the recent cybersecurity
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A substitute amendment proposed by Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jack Reed, D-R.I., to the House-passed National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) did not include a language calling for updates to the Federal
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