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GAO Proposes Changes to FISMA
The Government Accountablitity Office has written a letter, to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s Government Management, Organization and Procurement Subcommittee, proposing changes to the Federal Information Security Management Act of…
United States Cyber Security: Monroe Doctrine? Space Race? Let the Analogies Begin
Published on 1 Jul, 2009 at 16:57 in GovCon Industry | Viewed 74 times | No Comments
With new emphasis of cyber security in America and around the world, analogies are being drawn every which way. How should we treat cyber security? Should we create a treaty similar to the Monroe Doctrine of 1823 as recommended by Mary Ann Davidson of Oracle and supported by the director of the National Security Agency Lieutenant General Keith Alexander? Should the White House treat cyber security as the space race of…
White House Promises Less Talk More Action For Cyber Security
Published on 1 Jul, 2009 at 15:38 in Cloud | Viewed 123 times | No Comments
At the Gartner annual Information Security Summit the National Cyber Security Council director Christopher Painter assured skeptics in the cyber community that the Obama administration is taking cyber security seriously and there will be action. Critics are worried that with no budgetary authority the ‘cyber czar’ will become no more than a figurehead and be boggled down by the infamous turf wars that plague our government. Painter gave input to…
