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Cyber

DHS Wants Cyber Security Standards Across Federal Civilian Government

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, May 1st, 2019

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DHS Wants Cyber Security Standards Across Federal Civilian Government

Christopher Krebs, former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency at DHS. Photo: DHS

Later this year the Department of Homeland Security plans to establish a common approach to cyber security for the entire federal civilian government to create a more “common understanding,” a senior department official said on Wednesday. DHS already provides tools for federal agencies to boost the security of their networks, “but we’ve got to get to a more common, synchronized baseline approach,” Chris Krebs, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), told the House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee.…

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