Open Congress : News Articles for S.3474 Federal Information Security Management Act of 2008

Feds having fits over FISMA and cybersecurity

2008-12-11T19:00:00Z

...getting pwned. The Senate's Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee actually saw and approved an updated FISMA (S.3474, the FISMA Act of 2008) near the end of the session that ended in October. That bill's slated to appear on the next legis

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Note to McCain, Obama: Don't forget information security

2008-10-16T20:00:00Z

...boxes with no teeth. To improve the efficacy and benefits of FISMA, the Senate is currently working on the FISMA Act of 2008 (S.3474). As of now, this bill remains in committee. 3. A national information privacy act. The Personal Data and Privacy Act

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FISMA 2.0 bill will strengthen cybersecurity, experts say

2008-09-18T20:00:00Z

The Federal Information Security Management Act of 2008, S. 3474, which builds on the original 2002 FISMA legislation, promises to raise the bar for ...

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Senate panel rejects weakening FISMA bill

2008-09-16T20:00:00Z

Under the provisions of the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2008, S. 3474, agencies would implement security measures to fit the risk and ...

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Measure would require agencies to appoint chief information ...

2008-09-11T20:00:00Z

Tom Carper, D-Del., and Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., introduced the measure, known as the 2008 Federal Information Security Management Act (S.3474). ...

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