DHS Proposes New “Radar” Tool to Inform Federal Agencies of Cybersecurity Threats
The Department of Homeland Security is developing a system that will alert federal agencies of cybersecurity risks and recommend resources to respond to attacks. The department plans to unveil the tool in the second quarter of 2019.
The “risk radar” will inform agency executives of daily cyberhacking activity and threats above the operational level. It will integrate information from various government-wide data collection programs such as the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation initiative and Federal Information Security Modernization Act law.
CS&C has appointed a risk management team of up to 20 federal agencies to standardize elements of the radar. DHS intends the tool to help streamline the cyber attack response process as most threat investigations get mixed up when they move across agencies.
