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<p class="MsoNormal">FYSA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA’s) Secure Cloud Business Applications (</span></span><span class="spellingerror"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">SCuBA</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">)
Project is proud to announce its first series of guidance documents are now publicly available. With input from
</span></span><a href="https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/news/scuba-it-means-better-visibility-standards-and-security-practices-government-cloud" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:blue">public
comment period</span></span></a><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"> last year, the final security guidance consists of an Extensible Visibility Reference Framework (</span></span><span class="spellingerror"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">eVRF</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">)
Guidebook and Technical Reference Architecture (TRA) document, which will help public and private entities implement security, visibility, and resilience best practices for their cloud services.</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">The
</span></span><span class="spellingerror"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">eVRF</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"> Guidebook and TRA document further CISA’s goal of
developing consistent, effective, modern, and manageable security configurations to help organizations adopt necessary cloud-focused security, visibility, and resilience practices.</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.75in;text-indent:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">The
</span></b></span><a href="https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/CSSO-SCUBA-eVRF%20Guidebook-guidance%20documentV2_508c.pdf" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:blue">eVRF
Guidebook</span></b></span></a><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"> provides an overview of the
</span></span><span class="spellingerror"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">eVRF</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"> framework, which enables organizations to identify
visibility data, mitigate threats, and understand the extent to which specific products and services provide visibility data and identify where potential gaps exist.</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.75in;text-indent:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">The
</span></b></span><a href="https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/CSSO-SCUBA-TRA-guidance%20documentV2_508c.pdf" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:blue">TRA</span></b></span></a><span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">
</span></b></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">is a security guide that organizations can use to adopt technology for cloud deployment, adaptable solutions, secure architecture, and zero trust frameworks.</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">CISA thanks all who contributed to the development of the
</span></span><span class="spellingerror"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">eVRF</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"> and TRA and recommends that all organizations utilizing
cloud services review the </span></span><span class="spellingerror"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">SCuBA</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"> TRA and
</span></span><span class="spellingerror"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">eVRF</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"> Guidebook and implement practices therein where
appropriate. </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">To download the
</span></span><span class="spellingerror"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">eVRF</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"> Guidebook and TRA document, visit
</span></span><a href="https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/services/secure-cloud-business-applications-scuba-project" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:blue">Secure Cloud Business Applications
(SCuBA)</span></span></a><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">. </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="eop"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">If you have any questions about the documents, contact CISA’s Cybersecurity Shared Services Office at
</span></span><a href="mailto:CyberSharedServices@cisa.dhs.gov" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">CyberSharedServices@cisa.dhs.gov</span></span></a><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">.</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Theresa A. Masse<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Cybersecurity State Coordinator/Advisor, Region 10 (Oregon)
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Department of Homeland Security<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Phone: (503) 930-5671
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Email:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#777777">
</span><a href="mailto:theresa.masse@cisa.dhs.gov"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">theresa.masse@cisa.dhs.gov</span></a><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#0760C1"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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