"National Cybersecurity Review Begins for All Levels of Government"

A survey made available by the US Homeland Security Department's (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) every year for state, local, tribal, and territorial governments to assess their cybersecurity has been opened. The annual survey results from legislation passed by Congress in 2010 directing CISA's predecessor agency to make an effort to assess cyberspace security at all levels of government. The 2010 legislation empowered DHS to create the tools required for all levels of government to perform a cyber network security assessment in order to complete a full assessment of gaps and capabilities in the near future. Since then, CISA has submitted a summary report to Congress containing the results of the survey, which is based on the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) cybersecurity framework and is carried out anonymously on a platform called LogicManager. In previous years, around 3,000 participants completed the survey. Although they all consistently demonstrated cybersecurity below the recommended maturity level, for example, by failing to implement cybersecurity policies, officials have recently observed improvements based on their responses. According to a notice published in the Federal Register, the review is available every year from October to February via the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) and is sometimes extended to increase participation. Based on their responses, respondents will be sent links to resources. This article continues to discuss the annual self-assessment asking all levels of government receiving DHS security grants to assess their cyber gaps and capabilities. 

GCN reports "National Cybersecurity Review Begins for All Levels of Government"