The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Tuesday approved two key pieces of information technology legislation, including a measure that would require agencies to appoint a chief information security officer.
Comment on this article in The Forum.Lawmakers voted out of committee both the 2008 Federal Information Security Management Act (S.3474) as well the 2008 Information Technology Oversight Enhancement and Waste Prevention Act (S.3384).
The FISMA legislation requires agencies to appoint a qualified chief information security officer who would be responsible for monitoring, detecting and responding to cybersecurity threats, and report to the chief information officer. The IT oversight bill seeks to improve agency performance and congressional oversight of major federal IT projects.
"It was extremely sobering to learn how often and how easily agency information networks can be compromised," said Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., who introduced the FISMA bill. Carper's bill also would require agency inspectors general to measure the effectiveness of information security policies as well as direct the Homeland Security Department to conduct strategic test attacks against agency networks to uncover vulnerabilities and to improve security. Read More
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