REE-ARS-IT Security and Compliance
Investment ID: 005-000001764
Overview
Program Title
REE-ARS-IT Security and Compliance
Description
Captures costs for IT Security resources setting policy, establishing process and means, measuring compliance, responding to security breaches.
Type of Program
Standard IT Investments
Multi-Agency Category
Not Applicable
Investment Detail
The IT Security and Compliance Investment ensures that the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of Mission Area IT systems and data are sufficiently protected from both internal and external security threats. Resources provided by this investment maximizes the protection of MA IT systems and data against both external and internal security threats through cybersecurity services, practices, and the implementation of updated security tools and solutions, thereby minimizing the possibility of data breaches. This investment also provides the means of ensuring the MA is able to meet all mandates established by the Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA), as well as other requirements prescribed by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the USDA Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO), as well as audit requirements by the USDA Office of the Inspector General (OIG). The resources within this Investment will help ensure that the MA is able to continuously monitor its environment from potential security threats. It also gives the MA the ability to measure, assess, and track anticipated risks associated with system/data breaches, potential system downtime, and vulnerabilities, thereby reducing the future costs of remediating issues and recovery of data/systems.