The Federal Information Security Amendments Act (HR-4900) was approved by...
The Federal Information Security Amendments Act (HR-4900) was approved by the House Oversight Committee with a substitute amendment Thursday. The bill creates a National Office of Cyberspace in the White House with a Senate-confirmed director, and puts into law the…
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federal chief technology officer’s position held by Aneesh Chopra under an executive order. The GAO keeps reporting “persistent weaknesses” in the Federal Information Security Management Act’s implementation by agencies amid a steep increase in cyberattacks on agencies, both in “volume and intensity,” said Chairman Ed Towns, D-N.Y. The bill’s focus on automated and continuous monitoring of agency systems will remedy that, he said. Ranking Member Darrell Issa, R-Calif., helped refine the bill, Towns said. The cyberspace office director now will have hiring authority, and creation of the post will have a set timeline. The amendment approved for the bill addresses industry concerns, giving them more flexible policies and procedures to use “new or emerging technologies” in federal systems, said sponsor Rep. Diane Watson, D-Calif., chairman of the Government Management Subcommittee. There are also new information security requirements for agency procurement, she said. Issa said the amendment “perfected” Watson’s original bill.