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Johnson Mandates Federal Agencies Assess High Value Assets For Cyber Risks

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, June 30th, 2016

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Johnson Mandates Federal Agencies Assess High Value Assets For Cyber Risks

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson earlier this month directed federal civilian agencies and departments to work with DHS in assessing their high value network assets for cyber security risks and then take actions to secure these systems.In written testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Johnson said that he issued a binding operational directive (BOD) that “mandated that agencies participate in DHS-led assessments of their high value assets and implement specific recommendations to secure these important systems from our adversaries. We…

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