Capitalizing on the President’s Management Agenda’s call to develop a pipeline of cybersecurity talent, the Chief Information Security Officers and Chief Information Officers councils have crafted a new volume of information that agencies can use to “upskill” and train cybersecurity professionals.
The CISO Handbook, released Tuesday, compiles core elements of the government’s approaches to cybersecurity and risk management, including the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, into a compendium of institutional knowledge to train potential executives.
“The handbook will help CISOs embrace risk management practices like the NIST Cybersecurity Framework in the context of legislation, policy and federal guidance,” said Emery Csulak, CISO at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, in a statement. “Breaking the complex conversation of the CISO role and risk management into consumable pieces can only help the community succeed in bringing new talent onboard and meeting our mission needs.”
The PMA and resulting initiatives have placed a greater emphasis on…
