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The Council on IG Integrity and Efficiency Subcommittee on IT continues to try to close the gap between auditors and chief information officers in how they determine their agency's cyber posture.

The Council on IG Integrity and Efficiency Subcommittee on IT continues to try to close the gap between auditors and chief information officers in how they determine their agency's cyber posture.

Andy Seymour, the Defense Department's public key infrastructure manager, said a new policy will require the services to unlock the PIV certificate authentication on the Common Access Card.

Rob Palmer, who left DHS late last year and now is as executive vice president and CTO of ShorePoint, said lessons during his decade in government will help shape his private sector career.

Grant Schneider, the acting federal chief information security officer, said shared services for cybersecurity can help address the workforce shortage.

Frontis Wiggins, who recently retired from the State Department as its CIO, said the Diplomatic Security and CIO offices have made some progress to work on cyber issues, but more is needed.

Kirit Amin, the outgoing CIO of the International Trade Commission, said OMB and GSA should provide an easier way for small agencies to move off legacy systems.

DHS has implemented a cyber maturity model and DoD is using a security scorecard to identify strengths and weaknesses in networks and systems.

David Bray, who left the FCC in October and now is the executive director of the People-Centered Internet Coalition, moved the agency to the cloud to cut spending on legacy IT systems by 35 percent.

The CIO Council's first-ever governmentwide hiring fair had 30-plus agencies participate to fill cyber and IT positions.