http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/security/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=227900157 

By J. Nicholas Hoover 
InformationWeek
October 18, 2010

When the federal government flips the switch to replace the government's 
arduous paper-based cybersecurity compliance process with a web-based 
one next month, agencies will be ready for the move, federal officials 
said Friday, despite a survey released this month that showed misgivings 
about readiness as recently as late July.

The new compliance tool, CyberScope, is scheduled to go live on November 
15, and agencies are expected thereafter to answer compliance-related 
questions about their cybersecurity postures online, rather than through 
massive once-a-year paper reports that, as White House officials have 
admitted, gather dust on shelves.

"The reporting should be a byproduct of our security posture, not the 
end," federal CIO Vivek Kundra said. "The intent with CyberScope was 
first and foremost to make sure we're not just collecting information 
for information's sake, but we're acting to improve our security 
posture."

CyberScope represents a major shift in the way federal agencies report 
their compliance with the Federal Information Security Management Act, 
the law governing government cybersecurity. The goal, officials have 
repeatedly said since announcing the tool late last year, is to place an 
emphasis on operational security as opposed to meaningless, once-a-year 
compliance reporting.

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