Patrick Francis

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Daily Secure Behavior and Compliance Checklist: Government & Remote Workforce Verified alignment with NIST CSF 2.0, FISMA/NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5, CISA Cyber Essentials for Awareness purposes only.

NYSDFS puts out guidance on third party service providers (TPSPs) and how Covered Entities should review the lifecycle of access with their TPSP. #cybersecurity #cybernews #guidance #cyber #compliance https://lnkd.in/eTS5Q2Aq

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗢𝗦𝗖 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻'𝘁 𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝗴𝗮𝗽𝘀 — 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆'𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲. 𝗔𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗢𝗦𝗖 𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝘁𝘀 – 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯-𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱, 𝟭𝟮 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗽𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝟮-𝟲 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗹𝘆. districtops.org Data: NYS Office of the State Comptroller audit reports #K12Finance #NYSComptroller #PublicAccountability #InternalControls #OSCAudit #DistrictOps Southwestern Central leads with 6 control cluster failures out of 26 total findings — meaning 23% of their violations involved multiple control breakdowns happening together. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀: Large districts like Syracuse – 26 findings and smaller ones like Canisteo-Greenwood – 6 findings both show the same multi-cluster failure rate. When procurement controls fail, cash management often fails too. When reserve compliance breaks down, budget oversight frequently follows. 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀:

CMMC Level 2 requires organizations to secure all nonlocal maintenance sessions with MFA and to terminate access when maintenance is complete. Password-only remote access or persistent sessions are common audit failures. Comment AUDIT to get the plain-English CMMC checklist.

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