128 STAT. 3073 PUBLIC LAW 113–283—DEC. 18, 2014
Public Law 113–283
113th Congress
An Act
To amend chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, to provide for reform to
Federal information security.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Information Security
Modernization Act of 2014’’.
SEC. 2. FISMA REFORM.
(a) I
N
G
ENERAL
.—Chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code,
is amended by striking subchapters II and III and inserting the
following:
‘‘SUBCHAPTER II—INFORMATION SECURITY
‘‘§ 3551. Purposes
‘‘The purposes of this subchapter are to—
‘‘(1) provide a comprehensive framework for ensuring the
effectiveness of information security controls over information
resources that support Federal operations and assets;
‘‘(2) recognize the highly networked nature of the current
Federal computing environment and provide effective
governmentwide management and oversight of the related
information security risks, including coordination of information
security efforts throughout the civilian, national security, and
law enforcement communities;
‘‘(3) provide for development and maintenance of minimum
controls required to protect Federal information and informa-
tion systems;
‘‘(4) provide a mechanism for improved oversight of Federal
agency information security programs, including through auto-
mated security tools to continuously diagnose and improve secu-
rity;
‘‘(5) acknowledge that commercially developed information
security products offer advanced, dynamic, robust, and effective
information security solutions, reflecting market solutions for
the protection of critical information infrastructures important
to the national defense and economic security of the nation
that are designed, built, and operated by the private sector;
and
‘‘(6) recognize that the selection of specific technical hard-
ware and software information security solutions should be
44 USC 3551.
44 USC
prec. 3551.
44 USC
prec. 3531,
3531–3538, 3541
prec., 3541–3549.
Federal
Information
Security
Modernization
Act of 2014.
44 USC 101 note.
Dec. 18, 2014
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