http://www.fcw.com/online/news/153897-1.html By Mary Mosquera FCW.com September 24, 2008 The Office of Management and Budget plans to verify the data that agencies submitted about their progress in implementing the Federal Desktop Core Configuration (FDCC) by using a statistical sampling approach that assesses policy compliance. OMB anticipates that it will validate the agency data in November or December using the Policy Utilization Assessment (PUA) program, Karen Evans, OMB's administrator for e-government and information technology, said today at a security conference sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The FDCC is a standard security configuration that agencies must implement when they update their computers to the Microsoft Windows XP or Vista operating system. OMB has said a standard configuration should improve IT security because it requires a standard desktop view and should make updates, such as installing virus patches, faster and more effective. In June, agencies submitted detailed technical plans to OMB about their implementation of FDCC security settings. In August, Evans issued guidance on implementing the first version of the FDCC. [...] __________________________________________________ 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 Wed Sep 24 2008 - 22:25:39 PDT
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