From: GCN
By Jai Dargan
After more than 16 years, the Office of Management and Budget released the long-awaited revision of its Circular A-130, “Managing Information as a Strategic Resource,” the governing document for the management of all federal IT systems. This circular has been updated to better reflect the challenges associated with IT systems management as well as an evolving information security threat landscape.
Ordinarily, an update to a regulatory document like A-130 would not garner much attention around the Beltway, especially during an election season. But after the Office of Personnel Management data breach in June of 2015, the revised A-130 could not have come at a better time, especially for agency officials tasked with modernizing legacy IT systems and safeguarding information assets against persistent cyber threats.
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