Senator Urges a Roving Cyber Auditor

NextGov: The government should consider appointing a roving inspector general’s office for cybersecurity to conduct all mandatory information security audits as well as to conduct penetration testing and other one-off cyber tests, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., suggested Tuesday.

That roving office would be far more equipped to manage governmentwide cybersecurity deficits than allotting oversight responsibilities to several dozen agency inspector general offices, Whitehouse said.

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