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Times Up IPv6 OMB Mandate

2008-06-30 19:27:18 by Julia Lim in ScienceLogic
 
...OMB set a June 2008 deadline by which all agencies infrastructure (network backbones) must be using IPv6 and agency networks must interface with this infrastructure Agencies are supposed to demonstrate that they can Transmit IPv6 traffic from the Internet and external peers, through the core (WAN), to the LAN Transmit IPv6 traffic from the...
 
Tags: ipv6, aced ipv6 deadline, ipv6 packets, transmit ipv6 traffic, omb, ipv6 applications, actual ipv6 applications, agencies, twenty-four agencies
 
 
 
 
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OMB Makes it to LOLCAT Fame

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2008-05-29 14:41:21 by rybolov in The Guerilla CISO
Love them or hate them, OMB has the unenviable job of setting executive-branch policy through their memos. Not a place I would ever want to be Bookmark to
 
Tags: omb, unenviable job, memos, bookmark, policy, love
 
 
 
 
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No, FISMA Doesnt Require That, Silly Product Pushers

2008-07-31 14:36:31 by rybolov in The Guerilla CISO
 
...OMB) plans to begin enforcing DNSSEC requirements through an auditing process, setting the standard for DNS best practices Yep, if you stamp FISMA on it, people will buy it, maybe in your PR departments wettest and wildest dreams. Guys, its been 6 years, that kind of marketing doesnt work nowadays, mostly because we spent ourselves into...
 
Tags: fisma, fisma requires, fisma act encourages, stamp fisma, dnssec, dnssec requirements, dns, standard, dns servers
 
 
 
 
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White House issues updated guidance to federal agencies for safeguarding sensitive information

2007-05-30 00:00:00 by Shannon Kellogg in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
...OMB) issued new guidance to federal agencies for both safeguarding sensitive data and responding to a data breach if one occurs. The memo, entitled Safeguarding Against and Responding to the Breach of Personally Identifiable Information " was sent by Clay Johnson, Deputy Director of Management at OMB, to the heads of executive departments and...
 
Tags: federal agencies, federal agencies respond, guidance, data breach, profile data breaches, breach, executive departments, deputy director, omb
 
 
 
 
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Civilians Ask Whats With All the Privacy Act Kerfluffle?

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2008-06-26 21:51:41 by rybolov in The Guerilla CISO
...OMB would agree with you here So, what alternatives do we have to the existing system Make blanket data types and do a PIA and SORN on them regardless of where that data lies Bend the Paperwork Reduction act and OMB guidance so that we dont collect as much information Make the Privacy Act more specific on what should be in SORN, PIA, and...
 
Tags: privacy act, privacy act procedures, privacy act deals, privacy act data, privacy, data, data lies, privacy act talks, privacy policy
 
 
 
 
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FISMA Reporting Guidance for 2008

2008-07-18 15:02:09 by rybolov in The Guerilla CISO
 
Its out. Check it out in the OMB Memo. Ill most likely have something pithy to say when I look at it a little bit more, but it looks like its mostly the same as last year Anyway, you can get it here, its OMB Memo 08-21 Bookmark to
 
Tags: omb memo, check, bookmark, bit, pithy
 
 
 
 
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Links List 11.7.08

2008-11-07 22:49:59 by Julia Lim in ScienceLogic
 
...OMB, as well as a possible hiring freeze for the government workforce. Were also waiting to see what will happen to FISMA and IPv6 compliance going forward as a new administration and new OMB management sets their own agendas and mandates Due to the slow economy, most tech companies are being cautious and ratcheting back sales forecasts for...
 
Tags: research panel visit, research panel, monopoly, achieve monopoly control, tech companies, omb management sets, companies, omb, forrester
 
 
 
 
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OMB increases IT privacy and security requirements in A-11 budget calls

2007-07-12 08:00:00 by Editor in IT Compliance
 
Budget submissions for fiscal 2009 must answer certain questions about security, IPv6, data breaches, and project management risks
 
Tags: project management risks, security, data breaches, budget submissions, ipv6, answer, questions, fiscal
 
 
 
 
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GAO: U.S. Federal agencies still 'fall short'

2008-02-19 10:13:34 by Editor in Adventures in Security
 
I could understand if the GAO found minor deficiencies that were simply missed during agency security controls design, implementation, and management. After all, that's the real value in audits against what should be mature agency security programs. However, what the GAO appears to have found is a general failure to attend to basic security best...
 
Tags: gao, gao appears, omb recommendations, fisma requirements, basic security, minor deficiencies, audits, simply, failure
 
 
 
 
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US Government planning to spend 10% of its IT budget on cyber-security by 2009.

2008-02-25 13:59:58 by Khalid Kark in Security & Risk Management
 
...OMB (Office of Management and Budgets). The 10% spending on cyber-security may seem surprising to some, especially when compared to an average 8% of IT spend in the commercial sector across North America and Europe. As many of us have seen stagnation in our security budgets, the US government has increased its cyber-security budget by a...