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IG: Interior fails to comply with FISMA again
The Department of the Interior has once again failed to comply with the Federal Information Security Act in fiscal 2009, the department's inspector general said last week. A new IG report blamed a... Read more...
Next up: Kundra's cybersecurity dashboard
Federal CIO Vivek Kundra is not standing still with the launch of the IT dashboard that shows where money is being spent on government IT. Instead, he's moving quickly toward cybersecurity, and plans... Read more...
Agencies must submit FISMA reports online
Changes are coming to the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) reporting process. Agencies and departments are now required to use a new automated reporting system to file their annual... Read more...
GAO finds most federal computer systems in danger
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...
Five federal cybersecurity priorities
Summer may be the time to relax for most people, but not if you are in Washington working on a string of cybersecurity issues. Eric Chabrow, managing editor of GovInfoSecurity.com, outlines a full... Read more...
Ex- Rep. Davis in the running for cybersecurity czar
Former Rep. Tom Davis, a moderate Republican from Virginia and a high-tech expert, has popped up as a front-runner for the cybersecurity coordinator, according to Time. It's a pretty amazing idea... Read more...
How Kundra plans to do his job
Federal CIO Vivek Kundra has a laundry list for what he's planning to do to fine tune the government's information technology systems. At the top of the list is cloud computing. He outlined what he... Read more...
Fed CIO outlines security holes
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...
Are you ready for a FISMA overhaul?
The 2002 Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), which has caused plenty of headaches for federal CIOs and their staffs, may be on the chopping block. The White House is planning to... Read more...
Agencies meet FISMA rules, but still face cyber threats
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...
