The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has a draft bill to overhaul the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), which defines cybersecurity requirements for civilian agencies. The committee voted unanimously to advance the bill to the full Senate. Richard Spires, former chief information officer at the Department of Homeland Security, now principal at […]
The Department of Homeland Security will onboard more than 300 new cyber specialists. The next task for the agency will be to keep them. Richard Spires, principal at Richard A. Spires Consulting, former chief information officer at the Department of Homeland Security, said the federal government struggles with laying out paths for learning and growth […]
The board for the Technology Modernization Fund (TMF), a government funding vehicle that encourages innovation, will receive fewer than 100 “pretty robust” project proposals by June 2, according to Federal Chief Information Officer Clare Martorana. The TMF will focus on cybersecurity proposals after multiple high-profile cyber hacks at agencies. Richard Spires, former Chief Information Officer […]
The SolarWinds and Microsoft Exchange breaches remind leaders at agencies the policies that govern cybersecurity across government are not stopping damaging breaches. Remaking the Federal Information Security Management Act, which requires development of agency-wide information security programs, could involve as many as six steps. Former Chief Information Officer of the Department of Homeland Security and […]
Richard Spires, Principal at Richard A. Spires Consulting, discusses recommendations for effective implementation of agency IT modernization under the Biden administration
Richard Spires, Principal at Richard A. Spires Consulting, discusses investment in IT modernization across government in the next administration
Richard Spires, Principal at Richard A. Spires Consulting, discusses how agencies can approach building a cybersecurity risk management framework
Richard Spires, Principal at Richard A. Spires Consulting, discusses his take on the new FITARA scorecard, recommendations to evolve it, and the impact of IT on agency missions
