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Cyber

OMB Issues Policy To Guide Federal Planning And Response To Breaches Of Personal Data

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, January 4th, 2017

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OMB Issues Policy To Guide Federal Planning And Response To Breaches Of Personal Data

The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on Tuesday issued updated minimum requirements that federal agencies must follow when responding to breaches of personally identifiable information (PII) to ensure that agencies keep pace with relevant laws and policies, in particular the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014.“Between Fiscal Years 2013 and 2015, there was a 27 percent increase in the number of incidents reported by Federal agencies to the DHS United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT),”…

Congress

House Authorizers Retain Battleship Funding, But Want Nuclear-Power Report

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Congress

HASC Rejects $150 Billion Topline Cut, Iran Cost Transparency Proposals At NDAA Markup

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Space

NRO Nominee: “We Have To Look Differently At Our Requirements”

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