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How continuous is continuous monitoring?
The Obama administration has placed much emphasis on continuous monitoring when it comes to securing federal networks. What it hasn’t done is provide parameters for how continuous the continuous monitoring need be in order to qualify as continuous.
Mobile devices and apps pose cybersecurity challenges
Mobile device adoption in federal agencies is challenging current cybersecurity thinking in many ways, said members of a panel speaking March 23 at a breakfast hosted by AFCEA Bethesda. "I'm not
Application vulnerabilities chief among federal cybersecurity concerns
Application vulnerabilities top cybersecurity concerns among federal C-level officials, says a nonscientific survey released May 9 from security certification non-profit firm ISC(2). The survey,
Federal CISOs remove the 'human element,' focus on known risk
Cybersecurity is about assessing risk, not just vulnerabilities, and often a federal agencies' biggest risks lie within the workforce, according to a National Security Agency official. "[We often]
VA pilots iPads
An iPad pilot program is underway at the Veterans Affairs Department said VA Chief Information Officer Roger Baker, while speaking at a May 4 event in Washington, D.C. sponsored by TechAmerica. Among
Guest Commentary: Bruce Brody cybersecurity reform in the new Congress
Why we desperately need new cybsersecurity legislation from the 112th Congress Guest post by Bruce Brody After nearly a decade of federal cybersecurity as practiced under the rubric of the Federal
Cybersecurity panel: Federal CISOs must focus on worker training
Most federal chief information security officers aren't losing sleep over a poorly trained workforce--but maybe they should be. When asked to rank what they consider the most severe threat to
Reitinger: Cybersecurity requires true public-private partnership
There are now 10 trillion online transactions a year, according to the Commerce Department--a number that will only keep rising. In order to ensure information security, a collaborative strategy from
CIOs, CISOs await the cybersecurity czar
Federal Chief Information Officers (CIOs) and Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) are anxiously awaiting President Obama's appointment of a cybersecurity adviser and a rollout of the
CIOs gain clout, but federal security a big challenge
A new survey of federal chief information security officers (CISOs) found a mixed picture when it comes to protecting government networks. The International Information Systems Security Certification
