Andy Ozment

DHS has 50 agencies, private companies on its cyber information sharing network

Nearly one year after Congress passed the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, agencies say they’re still looking for more buy-in from from more private…

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IRS isn’t alone with its struggle with EINSTEIN cyber program

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Agencies of all sizes struggling to fix critical cyber vulnerabilities

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DHS rushes to complete cyber defense programs for agencies

DHS says its program to scan federal networks for cyber threats should be mostly finished by the end of this fiscal year, but it still faces obstacles…

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OPM’s archaic IT infrastructure opened door for massive data breach

Office of Personnel Management officials told House Oversight and Government Reform Committee lawmakers that they didn\’t encrypt employee Social Security…

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DHS cyber programs to ‘grind to a halt’ if 2015 funding lapses

Andy Ozment, the assistant secretary of the Office of Cybersecurity and Communications within the National Protections and Programs Directorate (NPPD), said the continuous diagnostics and mitigation (CDM) and Einstein 3A programs would be “gravely” affected if Congress doesn’t pass DHS funding bill by Feb. 28.

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