From: Homeland Preparedness News
After assessing the extent to which critical infrastructure sectors have adopted the federal Framework for Improving Infrastructure Cybersecurity standards, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has since made nine recommendations for improvement.
The framework in question was developed in 2014 and represented a voluntary approach to instituting cybersecurity standards and procedures. At that time, GAO was also authorized to review progress, and in this case, they interviewed relevant officials and looked to documentation to make their assessment. What they determined is that further action is decidedly necessary, despite most of the 16 critical infrastructure sectors having already taken action to adopt the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) framework.
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