From: FCW
By Chase Gunter
The Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program at the Department of Homeland Security has retooled in recent task orders to give voice to complaints that agencies didn’t have enough say in the acquisition and implementation process. FCW caught up with Jim Quinn, lead systems engineer for CDM, on the sidelines of a May 31 industry event to talk about how that learning curve played out in real time, from the program’s inception to the present. This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
FCW: A recent report from the Office of Management and Budget found about three out of four federal agencies are at significant risk from cyber attackers. What does that level of risk across government say about the state of CDM now?
JQ: We underestimated the inertia. You can put the technologies in, but you’ve got to address the people and the processes. It turns out the flow from the department CIOs and CISOs is not a direct flow.
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