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Continuous monitoring bill would cost $710M to implement says CBO
A bill set for consideration on the House floor this week that would amend FISMA to explicitly include continuous monitoring would cost $710 million over 5 years, says CBO.
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.
Spotlight: Schmidt outlines three top goals for federal cybersecurity
Federal cybersecurity czar Howard Schmidt says the Obama administration will now focus on three priority areas needing improvement. In a blog post dated March 23, Schmidt says the Trusted Internet
VanRoekel: Cybersecurity is an administration priority
Cybersecurity is one of the Obama Administration's top five information technology priorities, said Federal Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel, while speaking at a Feb. 24 AFECA Bethesda
NIST releases continuous monitoring guidance
Continuous security monitoring of information systems is most effective when done with automated systems, but it's impossible to entirely automate cybersecurity, says a new special publication...
NIST releases SCAP update
The National Institute of Standards and Technology published Sept. 29 an update to the Technical Specification for the Security Content Automation Protocol, or SCAP. SP 800-126 Version 1.2 (.pdf)
NIST highlights WLAN's weak security characteristics
An influx of wireless technologies at federal buildings, bases and hospitals has chief information officers considering wireless local area networks, but WLANs present a unique set of cybersecurity
Panel: Compliance does not create cybersecurity
Agency CIOs are consumed with compliance and check boxes rather than focused on cybersecurity and risk management, said a Aug. 23 panel of cybersecurity experts. "Compliance is my worst nightmare,"
Continuous monitoring at State Dept. has weaknesses, says GAO
A custom-coded State Department continuous monitoring tool has limitations, says the Government Accountability Office. In a report dated July 8--but not posted online until Aug. 8--GAO auditors say
Commerce Department to face IT challenges in the coming year, says IG
Information technology issues figure prominently in a Dec. 20 inspector general report (.pdf) on management and performance challenges facing the Commerce Department in fiscal 2011. The report, which
