Request for Comments on OMB's Update to the Trusted Internet Connections Initiative

• Published date: 18 December 2018
• Citation: 83 FR 64886
• Record Number: 2018-27325
• Section: Notices
• Court: Management And Budget Office

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 242 (Tuesday, December 18, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 242 (Tuesday, December 18, 2018)]
                [Notices]
                [Page 64886]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2018-27325]
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                OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
                Request for Comments on OMB's Update to the Trusted Internet
                Connections Initiative
                AGENCY: Office of Management and Budget.
                ACTION: Notice of public comment period.
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                SUMMARY: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is seeking public
                comment on a draft memorandum titled, ``Update to the Trusted Internet
                Connections Initiative.''
                DATES: The 30-day public comment period on the draft memorandum begins
                on the day it is published in the Federal Register and ends 30 days
                after date of publication in the Federal Register.
                ADDRESSES: Interested parties should provide comments at the following
                link: https://policy.cio.gov/tic-draft/. The Office of Management and
                Budget is located at 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503.
                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Office of the Federal Chief
                Information Officer at ofcio@omb.eop.gov or James Massot at (202-395-
                3030) or Tim Wang at (202-395-6464).
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is
                proposing a policy revision to improve and modernize a Federal
                Cybersecurity Initiative.
                 In 2007, OMB Memorandum M-08-05 established the Trusted Internet
                Connections (TIC) initiative to standardize the implementation of
                security capabilities across the Federal Executive Branch by
                implementing controlled connections to external networks and reducing
                the overall number of those external network connections. As the
                information technology landscape has evolved, the implementation
                requirements of the TIC initiative have created obstacles for agencies
                to adopt modern cloud solutions.
                 Pursuant to the Report to the President on Federal IT
                Modernization, OMB, in close partnership with DHS and GSA, has worked
                with a number of Federal agencies on agency-led TIC pilots that have
                been used to identify solutions to current barriers to agency cloud
                adoption. These pilot results have directly informed the contents of
                the Update to the Trusted Internet Connections (TIC) Initiative
                memorandum.
                 The draft OMB M-Memorandum included in this package, Update to the
                Trusted Internet Connections (TIC) Initiative, updates the TIC
                initiative by focusing on three goals:
                 I. Remove Barriers to Cloud and Modern Technology Adoption--
                Agencies will have increased flexibility in how they meet TIC
                initiative security objectives. In some cases, the TIC initiative may
                entail implementing alternative security controls rather than routing
                traffic through a physical TIC access point.
                 II. Ensure the TIC Initiative Remains Agile--Due to the rapid pace
                that technology and cyber threats evolve, this memorandum establishes a
                collaborative and iterative process, which includes input from both
                industry and Federal agencies, for continuously updating the TIC
                initiative's implementation guidance. This process includes ongoing
                piloting and approval of new and innovative methods to achieve TIC
                initiative security objectives in the most effective and efficient
                manner.
                 III. Streamline and Automate Verification Processes--The goal is to
                shift from burdensome, point-in-time, manual spot checks to a scalable,
                comprehensive, and continuous validation process.
                 OMB is seeking public comment on this draft memorandum titled
                ``Update to the Trusted Internet Connections (TIC) Initiative''. OMB's
                authority to issue this guidance and obtain public comments is in the
                Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014.
                Suzette Kent,
                Federal Chief Information Officer, Office of the Federal Chief
                Information Officer.
                [FR Doc. 2018-27325 Filed 12-17-18; 8:45 am]
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