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Cyber

DHS Seeks Comments on Proposal to Accept Discoveries of Cyber Vulnerabilities

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, September 3rd, 2019

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DHS Seeks Comments on Proposal to Accept Discoveries of Cyber Vulnerabilities

The Department of Homeland Security in late August began seeking comments from individuals, organizations and companies on a proposed channel for these external entities to disclose security vulnerabilities they might find on the department’s information systems. The proposed vulnerability disclosure form was published in the Aug. 28 Federal Register and is required by legislation passed by Congress last year and signed into law by President Donald Trump. The comments will be passed to the White House Office of Management and…

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