House Oversight Files Bill for Streamlining Cyber Roles

House Oversight Committee leadership introduced legislation Tuesday to streamline federal government cyber roles. Introduced by Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., and ranking member James Comer, R-Ky., the Federal Information Security Modernization Act would define operational and oversight roles for the national cyber director, OMB and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. It would require agencies to “keep inventories of all internet-accessible information systems and assets, as well as all software.” The bill would advance a “risk-based cybersecurity posture,” modernize “reporting requirements to enhance security through automation” and expand “inventories and information-sharing for improved security,” they said.