NIST SP 800-137

From: MeriTalk

The Consolidated Appropriations Act–the bill agreed to by House and Senate negotiators that could avert another partial government shutdown–features more cybersecurity-related funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), but also further obligations to report to Congress in the coming months on key security-related issues.

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The joint explanatory statement notes that DHS will need to brief Congress on the updated timeline and acquisition strategy for the National Cybersecurity Protection System, also known as EINSTEIN, and the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) program within 90 days of the bill’s passage, and on a semiannual basis going forward. And the statement specifically calls for more information about the accelerated deployment of CDM Phase 4, data protection management.

From: Federal News Network

By Amelia Brust

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Open source products are also being used in the IC but Jones said it’s important to ensure those products are up to date. Sometimes an agency will match open source technology with commercial products to provide the necessary security enhancements.

“So continuous monitoring automation … leveraging newer technologies is absolutely the direction that we’re moving towards,” she said. “Because of those challenges, as well as the partnerships that we have with vendors and other service providers that we are depending on.”

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