3.0.0 1990 2023-01-11T13:29:57Z 2023-01-11T13:29:57Z Senate S 2015-08-05 114 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-08-05T23:19:54Z To improve cybersecurity in the United States through enhanced sharing of information about cybersecurity threats, and for other purposes. 114 754 S 2015-10-28 Held at the desk. 19:13:54 Related bill CRS 2015-08-05 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2015-08-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT N C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2015-08-05 True Government Operations and Politics Computer security and identity theft Congressional oversight Government studies and investigations Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information Right of privacy Government Operations and Politics 00 2015-08-05 Introduced in Senate 2015-11-24T20:37:08Z Federal Computer Security Act

Directs the Inspector General of each executive agency that operates a federal computer system that provides access to classified information or personally identifiable information to submit to the Comptroller General and specified congressional committees a report that includes:

  • a description of the logical access standards used by the agency to access such system, including whether the agency is using multi-factor logical access controls for such access;
  • if the agency does not use such access controls, a description of the reasons for not doing so;
  • a description of the data security management practices used by the agency, including the policies and procedures for conducting inventories of software and associated licenses, an indication that the agency has entered into a licensing agreement for the use of software security controls to monitor and detect threats, or an explanation for why it has not entered such an agreement; and
  • a description of agency policies and procedures for ensuring that entities that provide services to the agency are implementing data security management practices.

Directs the Comptroller General to submit a report on any impediments to agency use of effective security software and security devices.

]]> Federal Computer Security Act Display Title Federal Computer Security Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to require Inspectors General and the Comptroller General of the United States to submit reports on the use of logical access controls and other security practices to safeguard classified and personally identifiable information on Federal computer systems, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Federal Computer Security Act Introduced in Senate 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1990is/xml/BILLS-114s1990is.xml 2015-08-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.