Development. Overview. The CSA 405(d) document aims to raise awareness, provide vetted practices, and foster consistency in mitigating the most pertinent and current cybersecurity threats to the sector. It seeks to aid the HPH sector organizations to develop meaningful cybersecurity objectives and outcomes.

After years of trying to pass similar measures, the Cybersecurity Act of 2015 creates a framework designed to facilitate and encourage confidential sharing of information concerning cyber-threats between the federal government and the private sector. …

Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity
Executive Order 13636, Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, and Presidential Policy Directive 21 (PPD-21), Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience, issued on February 12, 2013, require federal agencies to develop and incentivize participation in a technology-neutral cybersecurity framework, and to …

AN ACT To provide for an ongoing, voluntary public-private partnership to improve cybersecurity, and to strengthen cybersecurity research and development, work- force development and education, and public awareness and preparedness, and for other purposes.

Zero Trust was created by John Kindervag, during his tenure as a vice president and principal analyst for Forrester Research, based on the realization that traditional security models operate on the outdated assumption that everything inside an organization’s network should be trusted.

The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA S. 754 [114th Congress]) is a United States federal law designed to “improve cybersecurity in the United States through enhanced sharing of information about cybersecurity threats, and for other purposes”.

One year after the release of Executive Order 13636, on February 12, 2014, NIST released version 1.0 of the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity.

What is NIST’s role in setting cybersecurity standards? NIST is a federal agency within the United States Department of Commerce. NIST’s mission is to develop and promote measurement, standards, and technology to enhance productivity, facilitate trade, and improve the quality of life.

Computer Security Act of 1987 – Directs the National Bureau of Standards to establish a computer standards program for Federal computer systems, including guidelines for the security of such systems. Sets forth authorities of the Bureau in implementing such standards.

The National Cyber Strategy, the President’s 2018 Management Agenda, and Executive Order 13800 of May 11, 2017 (Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure), each emphasize that a superior cybersecurity workforce will promote American prosperity and preserve peace.

The Federal Government must lead by example. All Federal Information Systems should meet or exceed the standards and requirements for cybersecurity set forth in and issued pursuant to this order. Sec. 2. Removing Barriers to Sharing Threat Information.

Foreign Policy Cybersecurity — Executive Order 13636 On February 12, 2013, President Obama signed Executive Order 13636, “Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity.” The Executive Order is designed to increase the level of core capabilities for our critical infrastructure to manage cyber risk.

Policy. The United States faces persistent and increasingly sophisticated malicious cyber campaigns that threaten the public sector, the private sector, and ultimately the American people’s security and privacy. The Federal Government must improve its efforts to identify, deter, protect against, detect, and respond to these actions and actors.