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Information security across federal agencies : analysis of adequacy and effectiveness /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Novinka,
[2016]
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| Colección: | American political, economic, and security issues series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- INFORMATION SECURITY ACROSS FEDERAL AGENCIES ANALYSIS OF ADEQUACY AND EFFECTIVENESS ; INFORMATION SECURITY ACROSS FEDERAL AGENCIES ANALYSIS OF ADEQUACY AND EFFECTIVENESS ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; Chapter 1 FEDERAL INFORMATION SECURITY: AGENCIES NEED TO CORRECT WEAKNESSES AND FULLY IMPLEMENT SECURITY PROGRAMS* ; WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY ; WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS ; WHAT GAO FOUND ; ABBREVIATIONS ; BACKGROUND; New FISMA Requirements Clarify Roles and Responsibilities ; CONTINUED WEAKNESSES PLACE FEDERAL AGENCIES' INFORMATION AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS AT RISK
- Number of Incidents Reported by Federal Agencies Continues to Increase Cybersecurity Deficiencies Continue to Place Systems at Risk ; Agencies Exhibited Weaknesses in All Major Categories of Controls; Most Agencies Had Weaknesses in Access Controls ; Agencies Did Not Fully Implement Controls for Configuration Management ; More Than Half of the Agencies Did Not Segregate Incompatible Duties ; Agencies Had Weaknesses in Continuity of Operations; Agencies Did Not Effectively Manage Security ; We and Inspectors General Recommended Actions to Strengthen Information Security
- Federal Efforts Are Underway to Improve Security Cybersecurity Cross-Agency Priority Goals ; The National Cybersecurity Protection System (NCPS) ; The Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) Program ; The National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) ; The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) ; The Cyber and National Security Team (E-Gov Cyber) ; The 30-Day Cybersecurity Sprint ; AGENCIES' IMPLEMENTATION OF FISMA 2002 REQUIREMENTS WAS MIXED ; More Agencies Implemented Risk Management Activities ; Most Agencies Had Documented Policies and Procedures
- Number of Agencies with Sufficient Security Planning Decreased Number of Agencies Providing Sufficient Security Awareness Decreased and the Percentage of Personnel Receiving Specialized Training Decreased ; Fewer Agencies Are Periodically Testing and Continuously Monitoring Controls; Increasing Number of Agencies are Generally Implementing Elements of a Remediation Program, but Weaknesses Remain ; Agencies' Efforts to Implement Incident Response and Reporting Varied ; Fewer Agencies Had Adequate Contingency Plans
- Agencies Reported Operating Fewer Systems and Relying More on Contractor-Operated SystemsMore Agencies Implemented Privacy Requirements ; Amount of Spending on Information Security Varied Among Agencies ; NIST Continues to Provide FISMA-Related Guidance to Agencies ; Inspectors General Report on Agency Implementation of FISMA ; OMB and DHS Continue Actions, but Opportunities Remain for Improving Annual Reporting of Agency Information Security Programs ; Guidance for Reporting Agency Evaluations Was Not always Complete ; CONCLUSION ; RECOMMENDATION FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION