Wednesday 14 September 2016

Agency Scorecards Important in Cybersecurity Budgeting, Feds Say

Strategic plans and scorecards are essential to effectively budgeting their cybersecurity needs, agency officials said.

Michael Johnson, CIO of the Department of Energy, said the agency uses the DOE Cyber Strategy for information sharing and safeguarding, using multifactor authentication, and focusing on research and development.

“If we get one more dollar, we already know where we need to invest that,” Johnson said Tuesday at MeriTalk’s Cyber Security Brainstorm in Washington, D.C.

The DOE also uses its own cybersecurity scorecard to determine where investments need to be made. In the event of a breach, the DOE has a cybersecurity system that will ensure the best responses are deployed in the right places. For the full article click here 



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