The FISMA Focus IPD

From: eWeek

Edited by: Wayne Rash

NEWS ANALYSIS: A newly released guide to deploying industrial wireless systems from the National Institute of Standards and Technology provides a solid background for your factory.

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Unfortunately, moving an industrial IoT network to wireless can be a daunting task. “There are a lot of challenges,” said Rick Candell, an electronics engineer for the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Candell is the principal author of NIST’s new ebook, “Guide to Industrial Wireless Systems Deployment.” The publication is considered a science-based set of guidelines for taking your factory floor wireless.

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From: NIST

NIST is pleased to release additional supplemental materials supporting the initial public draft of Special Publication (SP) 800-37, Rev. 2, Risk Management Framework for Information Systems and Organizations: A System Life Cycle Approach for Security and Privacy.  Please note that the public comment period for SP 800-37, Rev. 2 closes on June 22, 2018.  Submit comments using the Microsoft Excel comment template (available in the Supplemental Material section) to sec-cert@nist.gov.

• Recorded presentations at the 2018 Federal Computer Security Managers’ (FCSM) Forum Offsite Meeting (https://csrc.nist.gov/Events/2018/Federal-Computer-Security-Managers-Forum-2-day) by:
  • Dr. Ron Ross (NIST) covering the next generation cybersecurity and risk management guidance, and the strategy behind the “RMF 2.0” update; and

From: CyberScoop

Sean Lyngaas

Nearly three quarters of 96 agencies reviewed by federal officials have cybersecurity programs that are either “at risk” or at “high risk,” meaning “bold approaches” are needed to secure federal networks, according to the Office of Management and Budget.

Risk assessments carried out by OMB show that a lack of threat information available to agencies “results in ineffective allocations” of their limited budgets, the White House-based agency said in a reportreleased last week. “This situation creates enterprise-wide gaps in network visibility, IT tool and capability standardization, and common operating procedures, all of which negatively impact federal cybersecurity.”

From: ExecutiveGov

Joanna Crews

The Office of Personnel Management is considering the issuance of direct hire authority in efforts to fill government positions related to science, technology, engineering, math and cybersecurity.

OPM said in a memo published Wednesday it will distribute a survey to chief human capital officers in the coming weeks as part of efforts to gather additional data on agencies’ recruitment process for STEM and cyber roles.

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Editor’s Note: Cross-posted from the Financial Forum.

From: Bloomberg News via The Seattle Times

Fed Vice Chairman Randal Quarles, the U.S.’s most influential banking watchdog, has expressed concern about how tech companies could provide financial services outside of regulators’ oversight, according to people who’ve spoken with him privately.

By Elizabeth Dexheimer and Jesse Hamilton

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Fed Vice Chairman Randal Quarles, the most influential banking watchdog in the U.S., is monitoring the potential for disruption to the industry and has expressed concern about how tech companies could provide financial services outside of regulators’ oversight, according to people who’ve spoken with him privately. Quarles hasn’t yet made any moves to intervene and the Fed’s influence would be limited.