Government organizations are working hard to do more with less, consolidating data centers and striving to deliver more services online to help lower operating costs and comply with federal regulatory mandates.
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Costs of securing federal systems climbs
National Journal: New cybersecurity mandates are certain to drive tech spending for the next several years. What's less certain is the kind of products and services federal agencies will be buying, as well as which agencies will be doing the buying, Nextgov.com reports.
In April, the Office of Management and Budget directed agencies to start monitoring continuously and automatically the status of their security controls in the fall. And Congress is pushing to update the oft-maligned 2002 Federal Information Security Management Act to eliminate its burdensome reporting, require real-time monitoring and build security into all technology acquisitions.
