30 April 2024

Why Federal Agencies Must Learn from the Cyber Safety Review Board Report on Microsoft - OPINION

Sean Moran

The US government spends tens of billions of dollars every year procuring products and services from outside contractors and vendors. These relationships are essential to ensuring government services run smoothly, cash flow continues, and contracts to private sector companies get honored.

However, one government function that cannot be outsourced is oversight – federal agencies are responsible for ensuring that the services they purchase are delivered – on-time, complete, and error-free. However, as a recent report shows, the US government oversight is failing in one critical field – cybersecurity – and the time has come to rethink our approach.

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