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A DHS cyber-security audit for FISMA compliance, conducted by the Office of Inspector General rated the agency below the target levels in three out of five areas of information security.

The Office of Inspector General assessed the information security acts that were in practice by the Department of Homeland Security and found out that the agency was underperforming the expected targets in three out of five areas and so was not up to the mark. Three of these were given a level two while the remaining two got a level four.

This audit was performed following the guidelines of the Federal Information Security Modernization Act, 2014 (FISMA) so as to determine whether the practices and programs of DHS information security program are adequate in keeping the information and information systems secure or not and are there systems something that can be completely relied upon.

Unfortunately, while DHS FISMA scores were being expected to be around Level Four, the DHS cyber-security audit found that this agency only meets two out of the five targets of cyber-security functions.
Of the five functions which are:  Identity, Detect, Protection, Recover and Respond, DHS FISMA scored at Level Four in Identify and Response but at Level Three in Protection, Detect, and Recover.
The OIG report noted that DHS met FISMA compliance for 98% to 99% of systems in DHS headquarters, Coast Guard, and FEMA.

The OIG report reached to the conclusion that because of the FISMA results in the DHS cyber-security audit, an additional oversight and understanding is required for the department to put in all the required effort to improve in making sure that the constituents comply perfectly with the Federal and DHS information security policy.

This how the results can be enhanced and made to reach a level four.

Use Linux on a Samsung device?

Samsung has launched a survey to find out what users want and expect from the Linux on Galaxy idea.

The ‘Linux on Galaxy’ project allows a regular desktop Linux distro to run on select Samsung smartphones by sharing the same Linux kernel used in Android.

Users can then connect their smartphone to a Samsung DeX dock to convert their Samsung smartphone in to a normal desktop PC with an external monitor, bluetooth keyboard, mouse and so on.

‘Samsung want to learn more about how people intend to use Linux on Galaxy devices’

“Linux on Galaxy allows the latest Samsung Galaxy smartphone users to run their preferred Linux distribution on their smartphones utilizing the same Linux kernel that powers the Android OS to ensure the best possible performance,” the project page explains.

The company shared a proof-of-concept video of Ubuntu running on a Samsung Galaxy smartphone last year.

Now Samsung want to learn more about how people intend to use ‘Linux on Galaxy’ devices, the apps they want, and the Linux distro they’d like to run on it.

Take the Samsung ‘Linux on Galaxy’ Survey

In an email sent to those who registered for updates on the project Samsung writes:

“Thank you for showing interest in Linux on Galaxy, and for signing up for information and updates on the project.

“In order to determine how to best design the product to meet your needs, we ask for a moment of your time to complete this Linux on Galaxy Survey.”

If the novel idea — don’t use the ‘c’ word, it’s still too soon — has you interested do take the time to chime in with your thoughts.

You can take the survey at the link below but be aware that the survey will close/vanish at some point, so don’t dawdle!