Sec. 3. Duties of the Secretary of Homeland Security related to information security
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Section 3553(b)(6) of title 44, United States Code, is amended by striking subparagraphs
(C)and
(D)and inserting the following: providing incident detection, analysis, mitigation, and response information, disseminating related homeland security information, and providing remote or onsite technical assistance to the head of an agency; compiling and analyzing data on agency information security and disseminating related homeland security information; developing and conducting targeted risk assessments, including assessments of the risk of terrorism, and operational evaluations for agency information and information systems in consultation with the heads of other agencies or governmental and private entities that own and operate such systems, that may include threat, vulnerability, and impact assessments; in conjunction with other agencies and the private sector, assessing and fostering the development of information security technologies and capabilities for use across multiple agencies; and coordinating with appropriate agencies and officials to ensure, to the maximum extent feasible, that policies and directives issued under paragraph
(2)are complementary with— standards and guidelines developed for national security systems; and policies and directives issued by the Secretary of Defense and the Director of National Intelligence under subsection (e)(1); and .