“Several agencies are taking a more measured approach in implementing the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program in order to make better sense of their data.”
“Begun by the Department of Homeland Security in 2012, CDM participation was mandated of agencies by the Office of Management and Budget in 2018. Still, the Government Accountability Office found in December that nearly three-quarters of agencies were behind in implementing CDM capabilities like network security and data protection.”
“Both the departments of Energy and Health and Human Services started with on-premise continuous monitoring and are now considering how to migrate to the cloud while consolidating data centers…”
“Similarly, HHS is taking stock of its data to determine how to best safeguard the information, said Oki Mek, chief technology officer for the acquisition division at HHS.
“’I’m not even talking about advanced [artificial intelligence],’ Mek said. ‘I just want something that clusters the data and puts it in the right place and makes sense of it so I understand it. I think that’s the biggest help that our federal agency needs.’”
“Long term the department believes it can automate the CDM program, including the authority to operate process, using blockchain, he added…” Read the full article here.
Source: Agencies cite data concerns in slowness to implement CDM – By Dave Nyczepir, June 20, 2019. FedScoop.
