The enemy of risk management starts with a c and its. John streufert, a leading advocate of performance monitoring at the. State pilot shows a way to improve security while cutting. At dhs, streufert will continue to build an effective national cyberspace response system and implement a cyberrisk management program for the protection of. Fisma compliance and the evolution to continuous monitoring. Jun 28, 2012 john streufert, director of the national cyber security division, dhs for the last several years, weve been talking about getting away from the elements of process and compliance of an earlier time and heading out to continuous monitoring, said john streufert, the director of the national cyber security division at dhs, in an interview with federal news radio. State department he saw that the agency was losing a lot of money and wasting a lot of employee time trying to defend against cyber attacks. Kundra, carper and streufert take home top cyber honors. Aug 09, 2011 the system has gotten plaudits in the past, and the department of state, and its ciso, john streufert, have been on the leading edge of the continuous monitoring push in the federal government.
State department, auditors clash on it security monitoring. Homeland security helps agencies with continuous diagnostics. John streufert, chief information security officer, department of. Leap ahead program keeps dhs cyber offerings on cutting edge. Streufert has served at state for over five years and is a leader in continuous monitoring. Continuous monitoring automates what used to be a manual process, jones says. Because of this, outcome based security monitoring for large enterprises is now possible with big data types of analytics. In particular we would like to thank the former and current cochairs.
Next wave of continuous control monitoring solution a. John streufert, chief information security officer, u. Mar 10, 2014 under streuferts direction, dhs has begun to give cdm physical form through contracts with 17 companies for hardware and software for continuous monitoring as a service. Clearly, the phrase monitoring is used in a lot of senses, formally and informally, both inside and outside the security field. Security and identity management subcommittee isimc on continuous security monitoring for its leadership and direction as we created this publication. Continuous monitoring is the process and technology used to detect compliance and risk issues associated with an organizations financial and operational activities. A quick definition, to be expanded upon below, may be in order because we have found that some confusion surrounds cm and ca. Continuous monitoring will in turn help the management to operationalize the overall risk management effort. View john streuferts profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional.
Their continuous monitoring efforts also include security dashboards designed to inform and prioritize cyber risk assessments across the government. State departments john streufert moves to dhs govinfosecurity. Use computers for what can be automated, freeing up humans for those things that cant, streufert said. Mills provided a great overview of streuferts talk in her post, dhs director streufert. Combine continuous monitoring and vulnerability management. Measure more, spend less on the way to better security author. In the next five years, the federal government will work to centralize for civilian agencies networks a way to identify cyberflaws and employ continuous monitoring tools to. Under streuferts direction, dhs has begun to give cdm physical form through contracts with 17 companies for hardware and software for continuous. Meeting requirements for continuous monitoring of government systems cannot be done manually, said john streufert, director of network resilience at the homeland security department. Dhs to standardize continuous monitoring solution, and why it. The influencers profile on john streufert, deputy chief information officer and chief. The system has gotten plaudits in the past, and the department of state, and its ciso, john streufert, have been on the leading edge of the continuous monitoring push in. John streufert, the director of federal network resilience at national protection and programs directorate in dhs, said through the leap ahead program as many as 18 new technologies could be added to cdm in the coming months. Dhs plans next steps for continuous monitoring program fedscoop.
Thats essentially continuous monitoring in a nutshell. Jan 28, 2014 the department of homeland security this week plans to launch an online training portal for state and local governments interested in leveraging continuous diagnostics and mitigation program best practices. John streufert, a leading advocate of performance monitoring at the state. In addition to monitoring pcs and servers, the governments goal is to keep an eye on the entire it infrastructure in near real time, and that includes networks, software applications and mobile devices. In 2004 mr streufert received the distinguished presidential rank award and obtained the highest it security score of the federal government as assessed by congress. A pioneer when it comes to network protection, john streufert introduced continuous monitoring at the state department in 2008, where in one year, he helped reduce known security threats by 89 percent. Now, hes leading the charge to implement a similar, more extensive realtime cybersecurity strategy throughout the federal government. State department ciso john streufert to lead dhs national. The massive initiative to deploy continuous monitoring at u. Dhs plans next steps for continuous monitoring program. Continuous monitoring and continuous auditing from idea to. Created the continuous diagnostics and mitigation cdm program design and.
The current scenario of rising risks, changing regulations and compliance costs make this an ideal time to consider such a solution in your enterprise. Continuous controls monitoring bi tools 2020 software. Clearly, the phrase monitoring is used in a lot of senses. Audit guidelines to work automated fisma reporting tool unveiled. For official use only aware scoring agencywide adaptive risk enumeration fitsc 2018 department of homeland security, cdm pmo november 7, 2018. John streufert, have been on the leading edge of the continuous.
Dhs to give agencies free computer threatdetection. Cdm rollout to accelerate through 2015 federal times. Fisma compliance is evolving from a manual exercise to continuous monitoring and mitigation. The department of homeland security this week plans to launch an online training portal for state and local governments interested in leveraging continuous diagnostics and mitigation program best practices. Kundra, carper and streufert take home top cyber honors for. Nov 12, 2009 with a program of continuous monitoring, distributed responsibility for information technology security and a focus on critical controls and vulnerabilities, the agency has significantly improved its it security while lowering the cost, said department chief information security officer john streufert. Agencies have invested in a variety of security products to meet different needs, and the multivendor environment is here to stay. Is outsidein the next gen of continuous monitoring. Enterprise management and monitoring software feeds data into ipost. This article was updated april 4, 2012, to correct john r.
Jun 26, 2014 john streufert, director of federal network resilience at the department of homeland security, has told federal times that the agency is poised to award the second round of task orders under its. Agencies will use their own funding to implement the software and services for specific applications or systems, said john streufert, director of. John streufert, director of federal network resilience at the department of homeland security, has told federal times that the agency is poised. Outcome based security monitoring in a continuous monitoring. Department of state developed a continuous monitoring system for. Since july 2008, streufert has headed the state departments implementation of continuous monitoring of its worldwide information networks, significantly reducing material weaknesses in states it systems. At the recent 2012 itsac conference in baltimore, john streufert, the director of the national cyber security division of dhs, outlined five recommendations for achieving continuous monitoring. The training program, expected to be online as early as this friday, is part of a larger dhs strategy to create a specialized cadre of cybersecurity. Analysts stationed at our network monitoring center serve as continuous sentries for inappropriate network activity based. States continuous monitoring process relies on a grading system that assigns values to threats, such as missing security. One of the most respected chief information security officers in the federal government, the state departments john streufert, is taking his vast knowledge of it security and continuous monitoring to the department of homeland security, as director of the national cybersecurity division. In 2010, mr streufert was named chief information security officer of the year by government executive magazine. The deep, native integration between qualys continuous monitoring and qualys vulnerability management generates a new approach to information security in which you continuously identify and proactively address potential problems, instead of waiting to respond to incidents. The federal information security management act fisma, was one of the.
Continuous monitoring is the current mantra for government cybersecurity, but the challenges of implementing it in the real world on a real budget can be daunting, according to a panel of government officials and contractors. Jun 07, 2010 john streufert, chief information security officer, state department. Under streufert s direction, dhs has begun to give cdm physical form through contracts with 17 companies for hardware and software for continuous monitoring as a service. John streufert information technology cybersecurity management. John streufert, chief information security officer, state department. As enterprises move more applications to the cloud, continuous monitoring will play a greater role in assuring the software is patched in a timely manner, says john streufert, dhs director of federal network resilience. The influencers profile on john streufert, deputy chief information officer and chief information security. Colonel michael jones from the us army, john streufert from department of. Continuous monitoring stops attacks, saves money posted by elinor mills in security labs on september 19, 20 las vegas when john streufert was ciso at the u.
Carper, kundra and streufert were selected by the information security training organization and think tank for their efforts to implement continuous monitoring of. It can be a key component of carrying out the quantitative judgment part of an organizations overall enterprise risk management. Indeed, case studies have found that continuous monitoring can result in an 89 percent reduction in cybersecurity risks after 12 months, according to an october 2012 presentation by john streufert. Dhs announces john streufert as the new director of its national. Dhs to standardize continuous monitoring solution, and why it wont help. Dhs hones dynamic approach to securing agency computer. Nov 18, 2010 carper, kundra and streufert were selected by the information security training organization and think tank for their efforts to implement continuous monitoring of computer networks, which.
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