“How much of FISMA is paperwork vs. actual security?” was the question that Senator Tom Coburn, R-Okla. had at a Senate hearing on Wednesday. Karen Evans, Administrator of E-Government and Information Technology Office of Management and Budget (OMB), responded “That depends on how an agency goes about doing its work. FISMA has put [...]
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“The very concept of information security has undergone a massive refinement over the last decade. Once confined to methods for keeping potentially harmful users out, security is currently much more focused on enabling users to extract value from computing infrastructure—that is, security is concerned with letting the right people access the right information and services [...]
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