House Oversight Files Bill for Streamlining Cyber Roles
House Oversight Committee leadership introduced legislation Tuesday to streamline federal government cyber roles. Introduced by Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., and ranking member James Comer, R-Ky., the Federal Information Security Modernization Act would define operational and oversight roles for the national…
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cyber director, OMB and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. It would require agencies to “keep inventories of all internet-accessible information systems and assets, as well as all software.” The bill would advance a “risk-based cybersecurity posture,” modernize “reporting requirements to enhance security through automation” and expand “inventories and information-sharing for improved security,” they said.