From: FCW
By John Lainhart, Dan Chenok
Cybersecurity continues to be at the forefront of national focus, thanks to Congress’ passing and the president’s signing of three cybersecurity-related bills last December.
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The act enables federal agencies to be more effective in developing and implementing protective strategies against network intruders. It continues and updates the risk management framework that has been a core tenet of the Federal Information Security Management Act and encourages agencies to use automated security tools to continuously diagnose and mitigate security vulnerabilities. It also codifies the Department of Homeland Security’s role in overseeing the implementation of policy and guidelines for federal civilian agencies.
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