This post first appeared on GAO Reports. Read the original article. What GAO Found The Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) new strategy for the Technology Infrastructure Modernization (TIM) program includes using Agile software development, but the program only fully implemented two of six leading practices necessary to ensure successful Agile adoption. Specifically, the Department of Homeland (more…)
The Global Economy’s New Frontiers
This post first appeared on Risk Management Magazine. Read the original article. The global economy is in transition, not so much as the result of fluctuating superpower politics, but more so as the quiet byproduct of shifting investment in emerging economies. We are at the end of supersized returns previously found in Brazil, Russia, India, (more…)
Insider Threats Part I: Background and Organizations Working to Counter Insider Threats
This post first appeared on IBM Business of Government. Read the original article. Insider Threats are not new. They have plagued the country throughout its history. Since Benedict Arnold in 1789, Insider Threats have endured as a challenge for government. Yet, the seriousness of Insider Threats motivates the ongoing efforts to implement systems and processes (more…)
N. Calif. Wildfires Continue Widespread Destruction
This post first appeared on Risk Management Monitor. Read the original article. The National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) increased the National Preparedness Level to 3 today due to wildfire activity in eight Northern California counties, including Napa, Sonoma and Mendocino, where evacuations, road, trail and area closures are in effect. Since their start on the (more…)
Physical Security: NIST and Commerce Need to Complete Efforts to Address Persistent Challenges, Oct 11, 2017
This post first appeared on GAO Reports. Read the original article. What GAO Found GAO found that efforts to transform the physical security program at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have incorporated some key practices, particularly with regard to leadership commitment to organizational change. For example, GAO estimates that, as of May (more…)
Biodefense: Federal Efforts to Develop Biological Threat Awareness, Oct 11, 2017
This post first appeared on GAO Reports. Read the original article. What GAO Found Key biodefense agencies—the Departments of Homeland Security (DHS), Defense (DOD), Agriculture (USDA), and Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Environmental Protection Agency—conduct a wide range of activities to develop biological threat awareness for intentional and naturally occurring threats, and reported (more…)
Bridging the Security Gap in the Internet of Things
This post first appeared on Risk Management Magazine. Read the original article. To build an effective security strategy for the internet of things (IoT), we first need to understand the value of the data that is generated. The ability to use data, collected from a variety of locations and sources, to drive decision making is (more…)
Lawsuits Question Arkema Emergency Preparedness Plan
This post first appeared on Risk Management Monitor. Read the original article. Last week officials in Harris County, Texas were granted permission to file a lawsuit against international chemical company, Arkema, Inc., in attempt to recover the costs of responding to the crisis at the company’s plant in Crosby during Hurricane Harvey in August into (more…)
8 Legal Developments You Need to Know About
This post first appeared on Risk Management Monitor. Read the original article. In a new RIMS Professional Report, attorneys Mark Plumer and Xandra Bernardo (of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP) and Patrick Walker, a risk professional at mining company Rio Tinto Group, shed light on the top risk management legal developments of 2017. According to the (more…)
Grid: Locked — Managing the Risks of Hacking the Electric Grid
This post first appeared on Risk Management Magazine. Read the original article. On Dec. 17, 2016, hackers successfully targeted an electric transmission substation outside of Kiev, Ukraine, leaving part of the city without power for about an hour. Widely thought to be attributable to the Russian government, the incident was the second attack to cause (more…)