Editor’s Note: GAO’s Testimony, “Cybersecurity: A Better Defined and Implemented National Strategy Is Needed to Address Persistent Challenges” is attached here.
From: GAO
The federal government continues to face challenges in a number of key areas in effectively implementing cybersecurity; these challenge areas include the following, among others:
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• Establishing and identifying standards for critical infrastructures. Agencies with responsibilities for critical infrastructure have not yet identified cybersecurity guidance widely used in their respective sectors. Moreover, critical infrastructure sectors vary in the extent to which they are required by law or regulation to comply with specific cybersecurity requirements.
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