cybersecurity practices

  • Develop a presentation that describes the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) legislation and identifies challenges and issues related to its implementation across the federal government. Include information on the roles and responsibilities of Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the intent of the legislation, and the success of its implementation.
  • Create a diagram of the congressional oversight structure as applied to federal department and agencies’ cybersecurity missions (e.g., House Committee on Homeland Security and Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee structure) for overseeing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) cybersecurity missions.
  • Include how House and Senate Select Committees on Intelligence intersect with cybersecurity.
  • Include a short (3-sentence) description of the oversight functions.

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