Agencies Have 10 Days to Review, Secure Critical IT Weakness

NextGov: The Homeland Security Department issued an emergency cybersecurity directive Tuesday to all federal agencies warning of a critical weakness and giving departments less than two weeks to act.

The newly named Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency—formerly the National Protection and Programs Directorate—issued a sweeping emergency directive requiring agencies to take several steps to secure web traffic routing through the Domain Name System, which manages internet traffic flow worldwide.

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