Obama’s proposed $19 billion cybersecurity budget for fiscal 2017

cybersecurityThe Obama administration has unveiled a national strategy meant to help agencies, companies and individuals bolster defense of their computer systems and sensitive data, the Christian Science Monitor reported Tuesday.

Sara Sorcher writes President Barack Obama’s proposed $19 billion cybersecurity budget for fiscal 2017 includes $3.1 billion for government information technology modernization efforts as part of the Cybersecurity National Action Plan (CNAP). “We’re going to prioritize applications in federal agencies that have a high cybersecurity challenge,” U.S. Chief Information Officer Tony Scott was quoted as saying. The White House also plans to appoint a federal chief information security officer to coordinate data security efforts at civilian agencies, Sorcher reports.

http://www.executivegov.com/2016/02/white-house-develops-19b-cybersecurity-action-plan/

CNAP – https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/02/09/fact-sheet-cybersecurity-national-action-plan

Sunday’s CISSP Study Group at Microsoft Store—Happy Valentine’s Day!

Sunday’s CISSP Study Group at Microsoft Store

Sunday, February 14, 2016
9:00 AM to 12:00 PM at the Microsoft Store
1961 Chain Bridge Road, Tysons Corner, VA
We will go over practice exam questions for all the domains in CISSP, and discuss  the latest threats on the net.

microsofts-logo## Update #1 ##

The store is located inside Tyson’s Corner Center Mall on the second floor by Macy’s in Tysons Corner, VA. The mall does not officially open until 11:00AM, but we can enter the building by 9:00 AM through the main entrance near Macy’s.

## Update #2 ##

Break down of the exam. e.g. if you have 60 questions, and you can eliminate 2 choices from a question and have some feelings about the questions.
What I mean is that you have some ideas what the question is asking, then your score would likely 45 as shown below.
You add all those points and you have answered a total of 182 questions correctly. You need at least 175 questions correctly to pass the test.
700 points -> 175 (70%) questions

70% * 250 = One needs to answer 175 questions correctly to pass the exam!

SOURCE: http://www.meetup.com/DCCISSP/events/228677652/