Kundra, carper and streufert take home top cyber honors for. Mills provided a great overview of streuferts talk in her post, dhs director streufert. In 2010, mr streufert was named chief information security officer of the year by government executive magazine. Under streuferts direction, dhs has begun to give cdm physical form through contracts with 17 companies for hardware and software for continuous. At dhs, streufert will continue to build an effective national cyberspace response system and implement a cyberrisk management program for the protection of. Aug 09, 2011 the system has gotten plaudits in the past, and the department of state, and its ciso, john streufert, have been on the leading edge of the continuous monitoring push in the federal government. The system has gotten plaudits in the past, and the department of state, and its ciso, john streufert, have been on the leading edge of the continuous monitoring push in. Dhs hones dynamic approach to securing agency computer. Jun 28, 2012 john streufert, director of the national cyber security division, dhs for the last several years, weve been talking about getting away from the elements of process and compliance of an earlier time and heading out to continuous monitoring, said john streufert, the director of the national cyber security division at dhs, in an interview with federal news radio.
In addition to monitoring pcs and servers, the governments goal is to keep an eye on the entire it infrastructure in near real time, and that includes networks, software applications and mobile devices. The enemy of risk management starts with a c and its. Continuous monitoring and continuous auditing from idea to. State department, auditors clash on it security monitoring. Leap ahead program keeps dhs cyber offerings on cutting edge. The massive initiative to deploy continuous monitoring at u. Nov 18, 2010 carper, kundra and streufert were selected by the information security training organization and think tank for their efforts to implement continuous monitoring of computer networks, which. Carper, kundra and streufert were selected by the information security training organization and think tank for their efforts to implement continuous monitoring of. Continuous monitoring automates what used to be a manual process, jones says.
Analysts stationed at our network monitoring center serve as continuous sentries for inappropriate network activity based. Homeland security helps agencies with continuous diagnostics. Jan 28, 2014 the department of homeland security this week plans to launch an online training portal for state and local governments interested in leveraging continuous diagnostics and mitigation program best practices. John streufert, chief information security officer, u. The training program, expected to be online as early as this friday, is part of a larger dhs strategy to create a specialized cadre of cybersecurity. Clearly, the phrase monitoring is used in a lot of senses. Secure software development lifecycle ssdlc devsecops. As enterprises move more applications to the cloud, continuous monitoring will play a greater role in assuring the software is patched in a timely manner, says john streufert, dhs director of federal network resilience. Continuous monitoring is the process and technology used to detect compliance and risk issues associated with an organizations financial and operational activities.
For official use only aware scoring agencywide adaptive risk enumeration fitsc 2018 department of homeland security, cdm pmo november 7, 2018. John streufert, a leading advocate of performance monitoring at the. Outcome based security monitoring in a continuous monitoring. The deep, native integration between qualys continuous monitoring and qualys vulnerability management generates a new approach to information security in which you continuously identify and proactively address potential problems, instead of waiting to respond to incidents. Kundra, carper and streufert take home top cyber honors. John streufert, a leading advocate of performance monitoring at the state. It can be a key component of carrying out the quantitative judgment part of an organizations overall enterprise risk management. Use computers for what can be automated, freeing up humans for those things that cant, streufert said. Measure more, spend less on the way to better security author. Continuous monitoring is the current mantra for government cybersecurity, but the challenges of implementing it in the real world on a real budget can be daunting, according to a panel of government officials and contractors.
Created the continuous diagnostics and mitigation cdm program design and. John streufert, the director of federal network resilience at national protection and programs directorate in dhs, said through the leap ahead program as many as 18 new technologies could be added to cdm in the coming months. Agencies have invested in a variety of security products to meet different needs, and the multivendor environment is here to stay. The federal information security management act fisma, was one of the. Dhs to standardize continuous monitoring solution, and why it. In the next five years, the federal government will work to centralize for civilian agencies networks a way to identify cyberflaws and employ continuous monitoring tools to. Jun 07, 2010 john streufert, chief information security officer, state department. Combine continuous monitoring and vulnerability management. Thats essentially continuous monitoring in a nutshell. Since july 2008, streufert has headed the state departments implementation of continuous monitoring of its worldwide information networks, significantly reducing material weaknesses in states it systems. Dhs plans next steps for continuous monitoring program. Clearly, the phrase monitoring is used in a lot of senses, formally and informally, both inside and outside the security field. Continuous controls monitoring bi tools 2020 software.
Enterprise management and monitoring software feeds data into ipost. Next wave of continuous control monitoring solution a. Continuous monitoring stops attacks, saves money posted by elinor mills in security labs on september 19, 20 las vegas when john streufert was ciso at the u. This article was updated april 4, 2012, to correct john r. Colonel michael jones from the us army, john streufert from department of. Because of this, outcome based security monitoring for large enterprises is now possible with big data types of analytics. The influencers profile on john streufert, deputy chief information officer and chief information security. Security and identity management subcommittee isimc on continuous security monitoring for its leadership and direction as we created this publication.
Audit guidelines to work automated fisma reporting tool unveiled. Is outsidein the next gen of continuous monitoring. John streufert, chief information security officer, state department. Their continuous monitoring efforts also include security dashboards designed to inform and prioritize cyber risk assessments across the government. Through continuous monitoring, the us state department cut risk by 89% after 12 months. State department he saw that the agency was losing a lot of money and wasting a lot of employee time trying to defend against cyber attacks. The influencers profile on john streufert, deputy chief information officer and chief. John streufert, chief information security officer, department of. The current scenario of rising risks, changing regulations and compliance costs make this an ideal time to consider such a solution in your enterprise. Nov 12, 2009 with a program of continuous monitoring, distributed responsibility for information technology security and a focus on critical controls and vulnerabilities, the agency has significantly improved its it security while lowering the cost, said department chief information security officer john streufert. Department of state developed a continuous monitoring system for improving federal. State department ciso john streufert to lead dhs national. Dhs plans next steps for continuous monitoring program fedscoop.
Meeting requirements for continuous monitoring of government systems cannot be done manually, said john streufert, director of network resilience at the homeland security department. States continuous monitoring process relies on a grading system that assigns values to threats, such as missing security. Department of state developed a continuous monitoring system for. As enterprises move more applications to the cloud, continuous monitoring will play a greater role in assuring the software is patched in a timely manner, says.
In 2004 mr streufert received the distinguished presidential rank award and obtained the highest it security score of the federal government as assessed by congress. Continuous monitoring will in turn help the management to operationalize the overall risk management effort. The department of homeland security this week plans to launch an online training portal for state and local governments interested in leveraging continuous diagnostics and mitigation program best practices. State departments john streufert moves to dhs govinfosecurity. Streufert has served at state for over five years and is a leader in continuous monitoring. A quick definition, to be expanded upon below, may be in order because we have found that some confusion surrounds cm and ca. Dhs to standardize continuous monitoring solution, and why it wont help. State pilot shows a way to improve security while cutting. A pioneer when it comes to network protection, john streufert introduced continuous monitoring at the state department in 2008, where in one year, he helped reduce known security threats by 89 percent. Jun 26, 2014 john streufert, director of federal network resilience at the department of homeland security, has told federal times that the agency is poised to award the second round of task orders under its. One of the most respected chief information security officers in the federal government, the state departments john streufert, is taking his vast knowledge of it security and continuous monitoring to the department of homeland security, as director of the national cybersecurity division. In particular we would like to thank the former and current cochairs. At the recent 2012 itsac conference in baltimore, john streufert, the director of the national cyber security division of dhs, outlined five recommendations for achieving continuous monitoring.
View john streuferts profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional. Dhs announces john streufert as the new director of its national. Now, hes leading the charge to implement a similar, more extensive realtime cybersecurity strategy throughout the federal government. Dhs to standardize continuous monitoring solution, and why it wont. Mar 10, 2014 under streuferts direction, dhs has begun to give cdm physical form through contracts with 17 companies for hardware and software for continuous monitoring as a service. Under streufert s direction, dhs has begun to give cdm physical form through contracts with 17 companies for hardware and software for continuous monitoring as a service.
John streufert, director of federal network resilience at the department of homeland security, has told federal times that the agency is poised. Fisma compliance and the evolution to continuous monitoring. John streufert information technology cybersecurity management. Agencies will use their own funding to implement the software and services for specific applications or systems, said john streufert, director of.
Fisma compliance is evolving from a manual exercise to continuous monitoring and mitigation. John streufert, have been on the leading edge of the continuous. Cdm rollout to accelerate through 2015 federal times. Dhs to give agencies free computer threatdetection.