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Achieving Compliance
with OMB M-07-11
U.S. Department of the Interior
January 24, 2008
DOI IT Governance Model
· 13 Bureaus and Offices
· IT Management Council (ITMC) comprised
of Bureau CIOs
· Chief Technology Officers Council (CTOC)
comprised of Bureau CTOs
· IT Security Team (ITST) comprised of
Bureau IT Security Officers
Overall Strategy
· Convened joint CTO/IT Security Officer offsite
meeting to develop DOI's plan
· Plan briefed and accepted by CIOs
· Plan submitted to OMB on May 1, 2007
· Established small (5-6 person) working team
with technical expertise in Windows, Active
Directory, etc.
· Regular communication from working team to all
governance bodies regarding findings and
recommendations
Technical Approach
· Deferred Vista considerations for now
DOI not yet deploying Vista
Compliance with FDCC for Vista to be addressed as part of DOI
Vista migration strategy
· Review NIST 800-68 and FDCC settings
Compared to existing bureau configurations
Testing in bureau environments to determine current level of
compliance
Relatively small number of deviations identified
Ensure compliance with existing DOI policy
· Leverage existing POAM process for identifying
deviations and tracking resolution status
· Ongoing communications with governance bodies
· Buy-in from CIOs on version 1.0 of Baseline XP STIG
Policy Issuance
· Formally defined requirement for bureaus
to meet or exceed DOI Baseline XP STIG
by February 1, 2008
Distributed INF file with settings
Stronger settings encouraged
· Formally defined PO&AM process to track
deviations
Lessons Learned
· Get executive buy-in
· Ensure compliance with existing policies
· Recognize compliance will not be
achieved overnight
· Communicate, communicate,
communicate