http://fcw.com/articles/2009/03/04/fisma-report.aspx By Ben Bain FCW.com Mar 04, 2009 The Office of Management and Budget has said it will review the security metrics agencies use to report their compliance with the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) and it may develop new metrics to improve the assurance of information security at agencies. In general, reports from agencies’ chief information officers and inspectors general during fiscal 2008 showed increased compliance with FISMA’s information security requirements, according to the a report from OMB to Congress on agencies’ FISMA implementation released recently. However, OMB also said “it could be time to modify the metrics to improve the assurance of security.” “One goal for new metrics would be to move beyond periodic compliance reporting to more continuous monitoring of security,” the report said. Federal agencies spent $6.2 billion on securing information technology systems in fiscal 2008, or about 9.2 percent of the approximately $68 billion spent on IT, OMB said. [...] _______________________________________________ Best Selling Security Books and More! http://www.shopinfosecnews.org/Received on Thu Mar 05 2009 - 02:28:21 PST
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