For this paper, you will research potential and
existing security issues affecting digital government websites. Government websites
enable customers to enroll in programs and services, check the status of
benefits, and receive information about the federal government’s activities. Your
audience for this research report is the Chief Information Officer for a small
federal agency who asked for assistance in developing a risk assessment and
risk mitigation strategy for the agency’s digital government websites.
Note: this research report is separate from the report you previously
prepared about OPEN data and may not reuse information from that report. This
paper must address other types of government services. See Table 1 for the list
of websites to use in your research.
For this report, you should begin by reviewing three or
more specific digital government websites (from the list provided in Table 1)
to determine:
(a) the
types of information provided by the websites
(b) the
types of services provided by the websites
(c) security
issues which could impact the delivery of digital government services by the
websites
After you have reviewed these
websites, review the Federal
Cybersecurity Risk Determination Report and Action Plan https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Cybersecurity-Risk-Determination-Report-FINAL_May-2018-Release.pdf
(this resource is also posted in Week 3) to identify additional sources of risk
that the agency must be aware of and should address in its planning. You should
also review Executive Order 13800 Strengthening
the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure (PDF
version posted in Week 3)
Table 1. List of
Digital Government Websites
Base URLs
BENEFITS.GOV
CANCER.GOV
CONSUMERFINANCE.GOV
DATA.GOV
DIGITALGOV.GOV
DISASTERASSISTANCE.GOV
FOODSAFETY.GOV
GRANTS.GOV
HEALTHCARE.GOV
HEALTHFINDER.GOV
MEDICARE.GOV
READY.GOV
RECREATION.GOV
REGULATIONS.GOV
RESEARCH.GOV
SAFERCAR.GOV
SERVE.GOV
STOPFAKES.GOV
USA.GOV
VOLUNTEER.GOV
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