{"id":19879,"date":"2019-08-01T20:28:46","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T20:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2019\/08\/01\/can-federal-agencies-ever-protect-all-their-vital-data\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:44:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:44:20","slug":"can-federal-agencies-ever-protect-all-their-vital-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/home\/2019\/08\/01\/can-federal-agencies-ever-protect-all-their-vital-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Can federal agencies ever protect all their vital data?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Federal agencies and the Office of Management and Budget are not doing enough to safeguard the confidentiality of vital federal information from cyberattacks, according to a Government Accountability Office report released July 26.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the Federal Information Security Management Act, federal agencies are required to establish security programs to protect the systems and information crucial to their operations and assets. Highlighting the importance of these security programs, the act directed OMB to oversee governmentwide information security practices and policies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, GAO found that many federal agencies did not adequately and efficiently implement the information security programs during fiscal year 2018. Out of the 16 agencies GAO examined, the majority were deficient in implementing the eight elements of agencywide information security programs required by FISMA. They were also deficient in most of the core functions of the National Institute of Standards and Technology cybersecurity framework they were required to meet under a May 2017 executive order. <\/p>\n\n\n\t