Biden’s first cyber security strategy plan is due in September
White House National Cyber Director Chris Inglis
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The Biden Administration’s first cyber security strategy plan started being drafted on May 16th.
According to Jake Sullivan, National Security Adviser.
Its anticipated completion date is September.
National Cyber Director Chris Inglis is in charge of the project.
This means that up until now, the federal government has been operating without a cyber security strategy to protect national security.
The Office of Budget and Management said back on May 30th, 2018 that 71 out of 96 federal agencies are at "significant risk" of being hacked.
Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco delivered the keynote address at the International Conference on Cyber Security (ICCS) 2022.
It was given at Fordham University in New York City on Tuesday.
The last report made on federal cyber security was made in July 2019 by the Government Accounting Office (GAO).
A copy of the report is in this story:
https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-19-384.pdf#page=80&zoom=100,45,53
The GAO reported that no progress was made with these federal departments:
Education (page 73)
Energy (page 74)
Health & Human Services (page 77)
Homeland Security (page 82)
Housing & Urban Development (page 85)
Interior (page 87)
Labor (page 89)
State (page 90)
Veterans Affairs (page 94)
U.S. Agency for International Development (page 98)
General Services Administration (page 102)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page 103)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (page 105)
Office of Personnel Management (page 106)
Small Business Administration (page 107)
Social Security Administration (page 109)
The rest of the 92 federal government agencies, like the Pentagon, were left out of the report.
Congress has rewarded this cyber security negligence by continuing to approve money to operate the federal government.
What progress has been made to secure the nation’s patents?
Whoops!
Security for databases of U.S. Patents remains nonexistent, according to its Inspector General.
It has been that way since Barack Obama was President.
https://www.brassballs.blog/home/patents-remain-unprotected-says-inspector-general
The U.S. Patents Offices is a separate federal department within the Library of Congress, run by the Librarian of Congress.
The most recent Inspector General report for the Library of Congress was Nov. 17th.
According to the report, security for the U.S. Patents remains a work in progress.