FISMA Reform: Making Room for Innovation

Just days before perpetrators executed one of the broadest denial of service attacks against federal-interest IT systems, the Government Accountability Office was on the Hill presenting its recommendations for reforming FISMA; including plans to enhance and improve testing, policy, communications, reporting and auditing.

With IT security resources so heavily invested in policy, audits and compliance reporting, where is the room for real innovation and progress?

via Government Information Security News, Regulations, White Papers, Webinars, & Education – GovInfoSecurity.com.

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