Cybersecurity
A cyber handbook for the c-suite exec and rank and file fed
Two tech advisory bodies to the government have developed a new guidebook to train and educate cybersecurity professionals in government.
The CISO Handbook , released June 26, is an outgrowth of the recently released President’s Management Agenda and its call for agencies to tackle their tech and cybersecurity workforce challenges.
Drafted by the CIO and Chief Information Security Officer Councils, it was designed to appeal both to the C-Suite executive as well as the rank and file fed, according to Trey Kennedy, an analyst at the General Services Administration and advisor to the CIO Council.
“The way we wrote the handbook and the way we structured it was really based around plain language….you don’t need a deep technical background to understand elements of it,” said Kennedy on a June 28 call with reporters.
The document lays out the role that both CISOs and CIOs play in executing out the federal government’s cybersecurity mission, outlines best practices around agency risk…
