The Department of Homeland Security failed to properly measure its promotion efforts of cybersecurity standards for critical infrastructure, according to the Government Accountability Office.
GAO’s report further said that adoption of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s cybersecurity framework by government facilities — one of 16 critical infrastructure sectors identified by the framework — has been stymied by inadequate implementation guidance by DHS and the General Services Administration, a partner in that sector.
DHS works with private sector organizations to protect industries that could have an adverse effect on homeland security if disrupted, such as communications, food and agriculture, and nuclear energy. In a cybersecurity capacity, that means evangelizing and helping deploy the NIST cybersecurity framework For the full article click here
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