OMB signals imminent cyber policy updates, compliance relief

The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is preparing to release new federal cybersecurity and IT policy updates that could significantly reshape how agencies defend networks and comply with security requirements, according to a senior OMB cyber official.

Nick Polk, branch director for federal cybersecurity at OMB, said Tuesday that the White House is nearing completion of a broad overhaul of federal cyber policy, with a release expected as soon as “the next couple days.”

“We’re really looking towards this administration to better rationalize different cyber policies and IT policies and dedicate resources to the areas of greatest threat,” Polk said at AFCEA Bethesda’s EIE Preview Event: Speakers with Sneakers in Washington.

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