Jenaly President, MJ Shoer, Testifies Before Congress About IT Security
Testifies Before House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee
Complete hearing video is at
the conclusion of this press release.
Portsmouth, New Hampshire — May 19, 2009 —
Jenaly Technology Group announced today that MJ
Shoer, president of the company, testified before
The House
Subcommittee on Management, Organization, and
Procurement, Committee on Oversight and Government
Reform on the subject of "The State of Federal
Information Security" this morning.The hearing was called to examine issues
relating to the current state of information
security throughout the federal government as it
relates to current legislative consideration of
modifications to the Federal Information Security
Management Act (FISMA) as well as proposed
extensions of IT security regulations into the
private sector.
Mr. Shoer testified
on behalf of The Computing Technology Industry
Association (CompTIA), of which he is a former
member of the Board of Directors.Mr. Shoer classified his testimony to the
Subcommittee as representing CompTIA and its many
small business members and by extension, the
millions of small businesses that are their
clients.
Testifying alongside Mr. Shoer
was Mr. Vivek Kundra, the newly appointed Federal
Chief Information Officer, the CIO’s of the US
Department of Transportation and US Department of
Homeland Security and information security experts
from the Government Accountability Office (GAO)
and Hewlett-Packard Company.
In keeping with House rules,
Mr. Shoer delivered a five minute oral testimony
to the Subcommittee, followed by a question and
answer period.A more detailed written testimony was
previously submitted to the Subcommittee.The Subcommittee leadership is comprised of
Chairwoman Diane Watson, D-CA and Ranking Member
Brian Bilbray, R-CA and includes New Hampshire
Congressman Paul Hodes, D-NH, as one of its
members.
Mr. Shoer was able to
communicate his concern that current and proposed
legislation do not adequately address the issue of
verifiable training for those workers who come in
contact with sensitive data.In addition, Mr. Shoer was able to
reinforce concerns that whatever legislative
action may be taken, that it set achievable goals,
based on industry standards, thereby enabling the
Federal government to lead by example.As several States, including neighboring
Massachusetts, are enacting their own information
security legislation, Mr. Shoer reinforced concern
that the business community not be unfairly
burdened with having to comply with what could
become 51 different standards, which could
severely limit economic growth at time when we are
working to stimulate it as effectively as
possible.
Additional information about Mr. Shoer’s testimony
and links to related resources may be found on his
blog at
http://mjsblog.jenaly.com.
About Jenaly
Technology Group, Inc. (Jenaly)
Jenaly Technology
Group, Inc., established in 1997 and headquartered
in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, serves clients in
New England, as well as throughout the country and
internationally. Jenaly provides strategic
proactive IT services to its clients, primarily
small and medium-size businesses. Jenaly was
formed with the vision of providing a more client
centric approach to delivering IT services and
support, helping clients to stay focused on their
business objectives without having to worry about
the day to day health of their IT infrastructure.
Employing innovative technologies and a first
class staff, Jenaly is able to deliver
comprehensive services to its clients at a very
affordable level. The company can be reached at
(603) 431-7864 or on the Web at
www.jenaly.com.
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