Can compliance hurt agency’s cybersecurity?

Following compliance could hurt your agency’s cybersecurity, Fierce Government IT reports.

A panel of cyber experts says agency CIOs get bogged down in checking off boxes rather than focusing on the real cyber threats.

Speaking at a MeriTalk event, Tony Sager, chief operations officer of the information assurance directorate at the National Security Agency, said compliance is misaligned with technology.

Sager says the goal should be to demonstrate compliance from what’s already being generated off of the IT and current standards don’t make that easy.

The article says leveraging reporting and automation will be key to creating secure networks going forward.

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