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GAO-09-817R 1 (2009-06-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaanof0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I tNG A 0 V M WAccountability * Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 June 30, 2009 The Honorable Diane Watson Chairwoman The Honorable Brian Bilbray Ranking Member Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement Committee on Oversight and Government Reform House of Representatives Subject: Federal Information Security Issues This letter responds to your request that I address additional questions arising from the May 19, 2009, hearing on federal information security held by the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement. In that hearing, we discussed the current state of information security throughout the federal government and agency efforts to comply with the requirements of the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 (FISMA).' Your questions, along with our responses, follow. 1. Please comment on the need for improved cyber security relating to S.773, the proposed Cybersecurity Act of 2009.2 The bill is intended to improve cyber security in the United States. According to the bill, America's failure to protect cyberspace is one of the most urgent national security problems facing the country. The need for improved cyber security in the federal government is clear. Since 1997, we have designated federal information security as a governmentwide high-risk area in our biennial reports to Congress.3 Recently, we testified that reviews at the 24 1 FISMA was enacted as title III, E-Government Act of 2002, Pub. L. No.107-347, 116 Stat. 2899, 2946 (Dec. 17, 2002). 2 S.773, introduced April 1, 2009, by Senator Rockefeller for himself, Senator Snowe, and Senator Nelson of Florida. 3 Most recently, GAO, High-Risk Series: An Update, GAO-09-271 (Washington, D.C.: January 2009). GAO-09-817R Federal Infonnation Security Issues

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