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Cyberscope

In October 2009, the US federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released CyberScope, a reporting tool for federal agencies. Under the FISMA (the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002), agencies are obliged to report on their information security statuses. The introduction of CyberScope aimed to correct any weaknesses and streamline the IT security reporting process. This article takes a look at how CyberScope has improved upon the FISMA reporting approach.

Background

The FISMA, enacted in 2002 under the E-Government Act of 2002, required regular reporting from federal agencies regarding their information security practices. These reports were to be submitted on [...]

Common Risks Impeding the Adequate Protection of Government Information

In 2007, the Department of Homeland Security an Office of Management and Budget, along with the Presidential Identity Theft Task Force, investigated information privacy and security practices in the United States Government. They developed a report called the Common Risks Impeding the Adequate Protection of Government Information (pdf)which included a list of ten common mistakes made by U.S. departments and agencies and provided recommendations for new practices to be implement to eliminate and reduce security [...]

FISMA: The Federal Information Security Management Act

The E-Government Acts of 2002 involved a large number of new regulations to implement and control the use of electronic technologies by the U.S. Government. Title III of this Act, called the Federal Information Security Management Act required all Government agencies to develop extensive information security [...]

The E-Government Act of 2002

The E-Government Act of 2002, containing 5 separate Titles and 40 different sections, created many new regulations for the implementation and use of electronic information in the Federal [...]

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Cyberscope

Common Risks Impeding the Adequate Protection of Government Information

FISMA: The Federal Information Security Management Act

The E-Government Act of 2002