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Data shall be retained in a manner consistent with all applicable privacy laws and regulations. Such recommendations shall also be considered by the FAR Council when promulgating rules pursuant to section 2 of this order. The criteria shall reflect a baseline level of secure practices, and if practicable, shall reflect increasingly comprehensive levels of testing and assessment that a product may have undergone. The Director of NIST shall examine all relevant information, labeling, and incentive programs, employ best practices, and identify, modify, or develop a recommended label or, if practicable, a tiered software security rating system. This review shall focus on ease of use for consumers and a determination of what measures can be taken to maximize participation. Log4j is broadly used in a variety of consumer and enterprise services, websites, and applications—as well as medical devices and supporting systems—to log security and performance information.

Covered Entities must assess the risks each Third Party Service Provider poses to their data and systems and effectively address those risks. The Department has provided a two year transitional period to address these risks and expects Covered Entities to have completed a thorough due diligence process on all Third Party Service Providers by March 1, 2019. Reporting Cybersecurity Events to the Department is not only an important obligation of all Covered Entities, but also enables the Department to more rapidly identify techniques used by attackers so that DFS can alert industry, respond quickly to new threats, and continue to effectively protect consumers and the financial services industry.

To assess the progress of CISA's efforts, GAO analyzed agency documentation to determine the status of activities related to the three phases of the organizational transformation and reasons for any delays in its progress. GAO also assessed CISA's efforts against selected key practices identified by GAO that can contribute to the effectiveness of agency reform efforts. In addition, GAO interviewed selected stakeholders related to CISA's primary mission areas to identify any pertinent challenges and analyzed strategies CISA developed to address these challenges. Capital costs to support equipment including computer hardware and software to address cybersecurity.

See the chart below for a list of the sections of Part 500 with which a Covered Entity must still comply. This Resource Center is designed to help Covered Entities understand how to comply with the Cybersecurity Regulation. Among other things, it provides links to industry guidance, answers frequently asked questions , and explains how and when to submit cybersecurity-related filings to DFS, including the requisite Certifications of Compliance and notifications of Cybersecurity Events. Submit to the Florida Digital Service, within 1 week after the remediation of a cybersecurity incident or ransomware incident, an after-action report that summarizes the incident, the incident’s resolution, and any insights gained as a result of the incident.

Tasks such as these appear to be critical to CISA's transformation initiative and accordingly its ability to effectively and efficiently carry out its cyber protection mission. In addition, the agency had not established an updated overall deadline for completing Agency Cybersecurity its transformation initiative. Until it establishes updated milestones and an overall deadline for its efforts, and expeditiously carries out these plans, CISA will be hindered in meeting the goals of its organizational transformation initiative.