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CDM PROGRAM WILL COMBAT CYBERTHREATS
CYBERTHREATS REMAIN A SERIOUS PROBLEM
Government organizations have the lowest security
scores across all sectors.
Government has the highest number of incidents due to Denial
of Service (DoS), policy violations, malicious code
and improper usage.
Federal data breaches were at their highest level in 2015. Four major national government organizations were breached in 2016.
GOVERNMENT HAS TAKEN STRONG ACTION
DHS and GSA launched the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) program, which is being adopted widely across government.
The federal FY2017 budget allocates more than $19 billion for cybersecurity,
a 35% increase over FY2016.
The federal FY2017 budget increases CDM funding specifically by nearly 169%, to $173.3 million.
CDM HELPS AGENCIES MANAGE CYBERTHREATS
CDM WILL PROTECT 1GOVERNMENT
2 Automating control testing and progress tracking
NETWORKS BY:
3 Accurately identifying risks 4 Understanding the state of
networks at all times Simplifying integration
5 of security tools
Improving visibility into endpoint,
6 network and security devices
7 Prioritizing security issues quickly
using sensors and dashboards Fulfilling FISMA requirements
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