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CISA Lacks Metrics To Assess Support For Communications Sector, GAO Says

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2021

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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has a number of programs and services it uses to support the security of the nation’s communications sector, but the agency hasn’t assessed the effectiveness of these efforts and hasn’t developed metrics to measure its support, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) says in a new report. The agency also “has not evaluated feedback it has received from the Communications Sector owners and operators to determine if those entities found its programs and services…

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