The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) announced its new cybersecurity incident notification guidelines, which will go into effect on April 1, 2017.
The guidelines will affect all Federal departments and agencies, as well as state, local, tribal, and territorial government entities, according to the US-CERT statement. Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations and foreign, commercial, and private-sector organizations will also need to adhere to the new requirements when submitting incident notifications.