Cybersecurity Homeland Security

The Centre provides cyber security services to NCI Agency customers and users, as well as to all other elements of the Agency. FTA has aggregated cybersecurity resources below to support transit agencies as they prepare for, mitigate, and respond to cybersecurity issues. This sprint will focus on the need to cement the resilience of the Nation's democratic infrastructures and protect the integrity of its elections. Leveraging the lessons learned from the previous elections and the relationships CISA has built with local and state authorities across the country, this sprint will ensure election security remains a top priority every year, and not only during election season. During this sprint, the Secretary will focus specifically on the need to increase the cyber resilience of the Nation’s transportation systems – from aviation to rail, pipelines, and the marine transport system. Coast Guard, and CISA are all part of DHS, which presents a unique opportunity for the Department to make progress in this area, to leverage respective best practices, and to deepen the collaboration with the U.S.

CISA concurred with this recommendation and in September 2021 described actions planned and under way to implement it. Specifically, the agency stated that it is developing a draft workplan and timeline to identify metrics and establish an outcome-oriented performance measurement approach. Once complete, CISA stated that this plan will, among other things, gauge the agency's efforts to meet the identified goals of the organizational transformation. CISA plans to complete its effort to identify outcome-oriented performance measures by March 31, 2022.

We are committed to ensuring you have the tools, resources, and support you need to continue doing so successfully. This sprint is dedicated to the Department’s international cybersecurity activities ranging from those outlined in CISA’s first international “CISA Global” strategy to the U.S. Coast Guard’s Strategic Outlook to protect and operate in cyberspace, an inherently international effort.

We face dangerous cyber and ransomware attacks from the likes ofRussia,China, andIran. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency hasmore than enough serious dutiesso as not to be wasting time on make-believe work to drive a narrative and punish political opponents. Security information, whether physical or virtual, which relates to the agency’s existing or proposed information technology systems. Detecting threats through proactive monitoring of events, continuous security monitoring, and defined detection processes. Establishing procedures for accessing information and data to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of such information and data.

The department, through the Florida Digital Service, shall track implementation by state agencies upon development of such remediation plans in coordination with agency inspectors general. CISA concurred with this recommendation, and in March 2021 agency leadership issued a memorandum that directed several actions to transition transformation activities into operational tasks for implementation by CISA's divisions and mission support offices. According to CISA, this constituted the end of phase three of its transformation effort. However, as of March 2022, CISA had not yet provided documentation detailing how the remaining phase three tasks have been allocated to its divisions and mission support offices or how CISA leadership monitors the status of these tasks to ensure timely completion. Once CISA has provided this information, we will verify whether implementation has occurred. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security released the Cyber Safety Review Board’s first report, which includes 19 actionable recommendations for government and industry.

The FBI fosters this team approach through unique hubs where government, industry, and academia form long-term trusted relationships to combine efforts against cyber threats. Our adversaries look to exploit gaps in our intelligence and information security networks. The FBI is committed to working with our federal counterparts, our foreign partners, and the private sector to close those gaps. US-CERT strives for a safer, stronger Internet for all Americans by responding to major incidents, analyzing threats, and exchanging critical cybersecurity information with trusted partners around the world.

Federal agencies will make offers across spring and summer of 2023, and most agency placements will start in the summer or fall of 2023. Submit to the Florida Digital Service, within 1 week after the remediation of a cybersecurity incident or ransomware incident, an after-action report that summarizes the incident, Agency Cybersecurity the incident’s resolution, and any insights gained as a result of the incident. Submit to the department annually by July 31, the state agency’s strategic and operational cybersecurity plans developed pursuant to rules and guidelines established by the department, through the Florida Digital Service.

GAO was asked to review CISA's organizational transformative initiative and its ability to coordinate effectively with stakeholders. Until CISA updates its milestones and fully implements its plans, it may be difficult for it to identify and respond to cybersecurity incidents, such as the major cyberattack reported in December 2020 that affected both government and private industry. WASHINGTON -- Today, the Department of Homeland Security announced a first-of-its-kind cybersecurity grant program specifically for state, local, and territorial governments across the country. This State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program, made possible thanks to President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, provides $1 billion in funding to SLT partners over four years, with $185 million available for FY22, to support SLT efforts to address cyber risk to their information systems.

To do this, we use our unique mix of authorities, capabilities, and partnerships to impose consequences against our cyber adversaries. This agenda item addresses areas of CISA's operations that include critical cybersecurity vulnerabilities and priorities for CISA. Government officials will share sensitive information with CSAC members on initiatives and future security requirements for assessing cyber risks to critical infrastructure. CISA concurred with this recommendation and in September 2021 stated that it has conducted an initial methodological assessment of potential approaches to measure fragmentation, duplication, and overlap, as well as an initial review of a baseline analysis. Further, the agency stated that it plans to further refine its measurement approach, including estimates of cost savings generated by the reorganization. Once the agency provides documentation of its actions, we plan to verify that implementation has occurred.