The federal government should institute baseline cybersecurity requirements...

The federal government should institute baseline cybersecurity requirements as a condition for contract awards for “appropriate acquisitions,” the Department of Defense and General Services Administration said in a report released Wednesday. The report, prepared as part of President Barack Obama’s February 2013 cybersecurity executive order, “provides a path forward to aligning federal cybersecurity risk management and acquisition processes,” DOD and GSA said. The agencies also recommended the federal government develop common definitions for cybersecurity jargon for all federal acquisitions and institute a federal acquisition cyber-risk management strategy. The government should include cybersecurity in acquisition training and increase government accountability for cyber risk management, DOD and GSA said. The government should also require all federal agencies to make purchases from original equipment manufacturers, authorized resellers and “other trusted sources,” DOD and GSA said (http://1.usa.gov/1aIm9eX).