Federal Information Security Management Act news from FierceGovernmentIT

The Government Accountability Office has taken another look at the security of federal computer systems, and once again found that the networks are highly vulnerable. In short, the GAO said a Read more...

Vivek Kundra, the nation's first federal Chief Information Officer, testified before Congress on Tuesday that the seven-year-old Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) was old and rusty. Read more...

The Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) is the main law governing federal information security practices, and most agencies complied with its requirements in 2008. Unfortunately, Read more...