HUD OCIO should develop a comprehensive ICAM policy, strategy, process, and technology solution roadmap, including milestones, budget estimates, and appropriate technology solution details (IG FISMA metric 27). This recommendation replaces FY 2020 FISMA recommendation 11.

HUD OCIO should define and implement metrics to monitor the effectiveness of ICAM program activities and assist in identifying areas for improvement (IG FISMA metric 26).

HUD OCIO should ensure that external systems, such as cloud systems and cloud service providers, have and maintain configuration management plans that are consistent with HUD’s defined configuration management requirements (IG FISMA metric 19).

HUD OCIO should consistently implement personnel accountability procedures to ensure that assigned cybersecurity risk management roles are being performed in an effective manner (IG FISMA metric 7).

HUD OCIO should in coordination with the Chief Risk Officer (CRO), document cybersecurity risk management roles and responsibilities in a consolidated list and; define procedures to hold personnel accountable to their assigned roles in the consolidated list (IG FISMA metric 7)

HUD OCIO should implement policies and procedures to maintain inventories of critical software and software licenses, critical software platforms, and all software installed on critical software platforms (both critical software and noncritical software) and use the inventory of critical software platforms and all software installed on them to ensure that only supported versions of software are used on those critical software platforms (IG FISMA metrics 3 and 21).

HUD OCIO should update its software inventory policies and procedures to account for critical software as defined by EO 14028 (IG FISMA metrics 3 and 21).

HUD OCIO should implement a process to consistently update and maintain its inventory of software assets and ensure that the inventory is consistent with the automated discovery scans used to perform vulnerability, configurations, and continuous diagnostics and mitigation scans and use this inventory to consistently remove unauthorized software assets from the HUD network (IG FISMA metrics 2, 20, and 21).

HUD OCIO should report at least 80 percent of its government-furnished equipment through the DHS CDM program (IG FISMA metric 2).

HUD OCIO should implement a process to consistently update and maintain its inventory of hardware assets and ensure that the inventory is consistent with the automated discovery scans used to perform vulnerability, configurations, and continuous diagnostics and mitigation scans and use this inventory to consistently remove unauthorized hardware assets from the HUD network (IG FISMA metrics 2, 20, and 21).