Skip to content
Master Your Money — Fortify Your Business Against Cyber Threats — Explore Business Opportunities — technology

CISA's BOD 23-01: Agencies Race to Meet April 3 Cybersecurity Deadline

CISA's new directive demands swift action. Qualys' platform helps agencies automate processes and meet the April 3 deadline.

,   and  Administrator
1 min read
In the image there are a group of people standing on the floor in a room and in front of them there...
In the image there are a group of people standing on the floor in a room and in front of them there is a lot of equipment and all of them were wearing ID cards and holding some files and cameras, in the background there is a wall.

CISA's BOD 23-01: Agencies Race to Meet April 3 Cybersecurity Deadline

CISA's Binding Operational Directive BOD 23-01 has set a deadline of April 3, 2023, for Federal Civilian Executive Branch departments and agencies to comply with new cybersecurity requirements. This includes automated asset discovery and vulnerability enumeration. Qualys Cloud Platform is helping agencies meet these demands.

The directive mandates automated asset discovery every seven days and vulnerability enumeration every two weeks. This includes nomadic/roaming devices. Agencies must automate the ingestion of vulnerability enumeration results into a CDM agency dashboard within 72 hours of discovery and report performance data into a CDM Dashboard.

Qualys' VMDR 2.0 with TruRisk supports a risk-based approach to vulnerability management. It automates the entire process, accelerating threat response and prevention. The Qualys Cloud Platform enables integrations with third-party systems and tools through highly scalable APIs for data management and reporting capabilities. It also offers continuous asset visibility, advanced attack surface management, patching, and more, helping organizations keep pace with CISA requirements.

Qualys' CyberSecurity Asset Management (CSAM) supports external attack surface management (EASM) and monitors required security tools, such as EDR, ensuring overall coverage. A Unified Dashboard provides continuous monitoring of progress across a wide range of assets, tracking CISA vulnerabilities, impacted hosts, and overall management in real-time. This helps illustrate and document improvements in asset discovery and vulnerability enumeration over time.

Qualys Cloud Platform assists customers in complying with BOD 23-01 through continuous asset discovery, vulnerability management, and integration with CDM dashboards. By April 3, 2023, Federal Civilian Executive Branch departments and agencies must have effective asset inventory and vulnerability listing to provide comprehensive visibility of all assets. This enables them to prioritize and remediate vulnerabilities efficiently, strengthening their cybersecurity posture.

Read also:

Related

Latest