U S Cybersecurity Agency Publishes List of Free Security Tools and Services

Alaina R. Clark is the Assistant Director for Stakeholder Engagement at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency . As Assistant Director, she leads CISA’s efforts to promote and deliver strategically aligned stakeholder engagements, helping achieve a secure and resilient infrastructure for the American people. We lead the National effort to understand, manage, and reduce risk to our cyber and physical infrastructure. More guidance for small businesses can be found in DFS’sInformation for Small Businessessection.

Our adversaries look to exploit gaps in our intelligence and information security networks. The FBI is committed to working with our federal counterparts, our foreign partners, and the private sector to close those gaps. "Many organizations, both public and private, are target rich and resource poor," CISA Director, Jen Easterly, said in a statement. "The resources on this list will help such organizations improve their security posture, which is particularly critical in the current heightened threat environment." This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

The Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide to the President through the APNSA any advice, information, or recommendations of the Board for improving cybersecurity and incident response practices and policy upon completion of its review of an applicable incident. The Board’s membership shall include Federal officials Agency Cybersecurity and representatives from private-sector entities. The Board shall comprise representatives of the Department of Defense, the Department of Justice, CISA, the NSA, and the FBI, as well as representatives from appropriate private-sector cybersecurity or software suppliers as determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security.

CISA is a successor agency to NPPD, and assists both other government agencies and private sector organizations in addressing cybersecurity issues. Former NPPD Under-Secretary Christopher Krebs was CISA's first Director, and former Deputy Under-Secretary Matthew Travis was its first Deputy Director. Pursuant to the Public Health Law, HMOs must receive authorization and prior approval of the forms they use and the rates they charge for comprehensive health insurance in New York. The Public Health Law subjects HMOs to DFS authority by making provisions of the Insurance Law applicable to them.

The risk assessments required by Sections 500.9 & 500.2 are the foundation of the comprehensive cybersecurity program required by DFS’s Cybersecurity Regulation, and a cyber assessment framework is a useful component of a comprehensive risk assessment. DFS does not require a specific standard or framework for use in the risk assessment process. Rather, we expect Covered Entities to implement a framework and methodology that best suits their risk and operations.

CCRCs are required by Insurance Law Section 1119 to have contracts and rates reviewed and authorized by DFS. The Public Health Law also subjects HMOs and CCRCs to the examination authority of the Department. As this authorization is fundamental to the ability to conduct their businesses, HMOs and CCRCs are Covered Entities because they are "operating under or required to operate under" DFS authorizations pursuant to the Insurance Law.

The security and integrity of “critical software” — software that performs functions critical to trust — is a particular concern. Accordingly, the Federal Government must take action to rapidly improve the security and integrity of the software supply chain, with a priority on addressing critical software. Current cybersecurity requirements for unclassified system contracts are largely implemented through agency-specific policies and regulations, including cloud-service cybersecurity requirements. Standardizing common cybersecurity contractual requirements across agencies will streamline and improve compliance for vendors and the Federal Government. Address which factors should be considered by the FDA and industry when communicating cybersecurity risks to patients and to the public, including but not limited to the content, phrasing, the methods used to disseminate the message and the timing of that communication. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency agency has established a website with additional information that the FDA encourages medical device manufacturers to review and follow the identified recommendations to address the vulnerability.

Individuals filing a Certification of Compliance for their own individual license should file their Certification selecting the self option. When choosing self, you will be able to file for your own individual license and will be acting as a Senior Officer, as defined in the Regulation. Under Section 500.12, MFA is required when accessing internal networks from an external network unless the Covered Entity’s Chief Information Security Officer has approved in writing the use of reasonably equivalent or more secure access controls. Internal networks include email, document hosting, and related services whether on-premises or in the cloud such as, for example, O365 and G-Suite.