CFO Act agencies are those agencies designated in the CFO Act (with the addition of DHS and minus the Federal Emergency Management Agency). In practice, the CFO Act agencies are the 24 largest Federal agencies in terms of budget; the 23
civilian CFO Act agencies are the CFO Act agencies minus the Department of Defense.
US-CERT is a division within DHS charged with responding to major information security incidents
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U.S. government agencies: number of cybersecurity incidents 2023, by attack vector
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US Office of Management and Budget. (June 7, 2024). Number of reported cyberattacks against the U.S. government in FY 2023, by attack vector and government agencies [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 07, 2026, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/697279/us-government-attacks-cyber-security-vector/
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