http://fcw.com/articles/2010/04/21/omb-fisma-reporting-042110.aspx By William Jackson FCW.com April 21, 2010 New standards released today by the White House for reporting under the Federal Information Security Management Act will require agencies to shift from paper-based annual reports to real time data feeds of system status that will be correlated by the Homeland Security Department. The new requirements are an effort to shift agencies away from paper-based compliance system to real-time visibility, and shift investments from recordkeeping to automated security systems. "Agencies will not spend all of their energy to generate reports," federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra told reporters during a press briefing today. The first agencies will begin reporting under the new requirements as early as June. Although the requirements are intended to be met using existing commercial security products, not all agencies have adequate systems in place. "Some agencies are going to have to make investment to get their tools in place," Kundra said. [...] ___________________________________________________________ Register now for HITBSecConf2010 - Dubai, the premier deep-knowledge network security event in the GCC, featuring keynote speakers John Viega and Matt Watchinski! http://conference.hitb.org/hitbsecconf2010dxb/Received on Wed Apr 21 2010 - 22:19:37 PDT
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