http://www.fcw.com/online/news/153820-1.html By Mary Mosquera FCW.com September 17, 2008 The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee today considered a bill that would raise the bar for agencies to prove that they adequately protect sensitive information, and rejected an amendment that would weaken the measure. Under the provisions of the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2008, S. 3474, agencies would implement security measures to fit the risk and degree of harm that would result from the loss of an agency's information, or from unauthorized access to that information. The bill would provide for the Homeland Security Department to conduct penetration testing of civilian agencies’ systems and for Congress to evaluate agencies’ information security plans. The legislation would also establish a Chief Information Security Officers Council so agency CISOs could share best practices. The measure also would enlarge the authority of agency CISOs to enforce compliance in consultation and collaboration with the chief information officer. Under current law, the CISO’s job is to assure compliance. [...] __________________________________________________ Register now for HITBSecConf2008 - Malaysia! With a new triple-track conference featuring 4 keynote speakers and over 35 international experts, this is the largest network security event in Asia and the Middle East! http://conference.hackinthebox.org/hitbsecconf2008kl/Received on Thu Sep 18 2008 - 01:40:32 PDT
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