http://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2014/11/long-awaited-fisma-reforms-hit-stumbling-block/98294/
By Aliya Sternstein
Nextgov.com
November 5, 2014
The House and Senate have hit a road bump trying to update a 2002 law that
collects binders of paper once a year, as a way of monitoring federal
computer security.
Folding an overhaul of the Federal Information Security Management Act, or
FISMA, into an annual must-pass defense law is one possibility for swift
enactment, a congressional aide said. But other sources familiar with
negotiations say inclusion of FISMA in the 2015 National Defense
Authorization Act is now unlikely.
“As of now, we’re hearing there are no plans to include FISMA in NDAA," an
industry source said on the condition of anonymity. "Historically, the
chambers want to keep NDAA clean, and there are provisions in FISMA that
are raising concerns.”
The source declined to expand on the sticking points.
For going on half a decade, a bipartisan assortment of lawmakers have
dropped what they consider high-priority proposals to mandate near
real-time tracking of cyber vulnerabilities.
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