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FedXchange keeps every binding rule a federal security program follows, from the Privacy Act of 1974 to this morning's watch, and says what changed and why it matters in plain English. With a free account, it writes the policies that name the tools your agency actually runs.

1. DiscoverFind every device andscan it: BOD 23-01(every 7 and 14days), plus reportsfrom the public underBOD 20-01.2. PrioritizeJudge eachvulnerability by fourrisk factors: BOD26-04 and the KnownExploitedVulnerabilitiescatalog.3. RemediateFix within 3, 14, or60 days under BOD26-04, or soonerunder an emergencydirective.4. VerifyCheck high-risksystems for earliercompromise and keepCISA's scanningaccess in place.5. DetectEndpoint detectionand response(M-22-01) and logging(M-26-14) catch whatpatching missed.6. RespondReport to CISA withinone hour, followCISA's playbooks andSP 800-61 Revision 3,and run the breachplan under M-17-12.

The federal vulnerability lifecycle and the rules that govern each step

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  1. Discover. Find every device and scan it: BOD 23-01 (every 7 and 14 days), plus reports from the public under BOD 20-01.
  2. Prioritize. Judge each vulnerability by four risk factors: BOD 26-04 and the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
  3. Remediate. Fix within 3, 14, or 60 days under BOD 26-04, or sooner under an emergency directive.
  4. Verify. Check high-risk systems for earlier compromise and keep CISA's scanning access in place.
  5. Detect. Endpoint detection and response (M-22-01) and logging (M-26-14) catch what patching missed.
  6. Respond. Report to CISA within one hour, follow CISA's playbooks and SP 800-61 Revision 3, and run the breach plan under M-17-12.

Federal vulnerability management and breach response requirements in 2026: CISA directives, OMB memos and cybersecurity rules agencies must follow

· Federal governance

Federal patching, logging and incident response rules changed in 2025 and 2026. This guide maps every rule agencies follow to find and fix vulnerabilities and respond to incidents and breaches, old and new, with the deadlines still ahead.

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Documents
875
In effect
492
Proposed
40
No longer in effect
343

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Every law, executive order, OMB memorandum, CISA directive, NIST publication, FedRAMP rule, and contract clause that binds a federal security program, from the Privacy Act of 1974 to today, each with its status, its required agency actions, and the source.

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Every FedRAMP Marketplace listing, which agencies use it, and what changed stage this month.

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Then put the record to work: policies that name what your agency actually runs

Most policy templates say “the organization employs an automated tool.” Staff can't follow that, and assessors ask which tool you mean. FedXchange reads your agency's FedRAMP Marketplace authorizations, suggests a service for each of 18 security functions, and writes 92 plain-language policies, procedures, and plans that name the services and titles you confirm.

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  1. Step 1: Name your agency

    FedXchange finds the cloud products your agency has authorized on the FedRAMP Marketplace and suggests one for each security function, such as identity management or vulnerability scanning.

    How we pick each suggested service

  2. Step 2: Confirm your choices

    Confirm a service for each of 18 functions, including services the government runs, and set your own titles for 50 offices and roles.

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  3. Step 3: Get your documents

    FedXchange writes 92 policies, procedures, and plans that name what you confirmed. Download each one as a Word file.

    How the documents are made

  4. Step 4: Stay current

    The governance watch checks federal sources every day and tells you which of your documents a change touches.

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Suggested services

Example

  • Identity provider

    Your authorization

    Matched to your Marketplace authorization

  • SIEM and log management

    Your platform

    Covered by your cloud platform's authorization

  • Vulnerability disclosure

    Shared service

    CISA Vulnerability Disclosure Policy Platform

  • Learning management

    Generic name until you choose

    “the learning management system”

Nothing is used until you confirm it.How we pick each suggested service

Incident Response Plan, section 4

Example

The Security Operations Center watches alerts from your log management service around the clock.

When an alert may be an incident, the analyst opens a ticket in your ticketing service and tells the Information System Security Officer within one hour.

The highlighted words come from your answers: the services you confirmed and the titles your agency uses.

92 documents, written in plain language

34 policies · 33 procedures · 13 plans · 12 templates, rules of behavior, and references

  • Information Security Program Plan
  • Incident Response Plan
  • Information Security Continuous Monitoring (ISCM) Strategy
  • Post-Quantum Cryptography Migration Plan
  • Rules of Behavior — Privileged Users
  • and 87 more
  • Your names, not placeholders. Where a template says “the organization employs an automated tool,” yours names the service you confirmed and the office that runs it.
  • Every real option, side by side. For each function, FedXchange lists the FedRAMP Marketplace products that fit it (157 listings in all, as of October 31, 2026), your agency's own first, and the 9 services the government runs itself in 8 of the 18 functions, which never appear among your authorizations. See the functions and the shared services
  • Checked before you see them. Each document cites the federal sources it rests on and passes a fixed series of checks, from source currency to a review board of 16 reviewer roles. They are drafts: nothing is final until a person at your agency approves it.
  • Word files you can edit, written again when you change an answer. Each comes with your agency's cover and a filled table of contents. Pick a new service or retitle an office, and the next draft says so everywhere it matters.
  • No AI writes them. A fixed generator writes every document, so the same answers always give the same text. Your own AI assistant can connect over the Model Context Protocol to review suggestions and record choices; every change waits for your yes. How assistants connect
  • Coming nextDrafted updates: when a source changes, FedXchange proposes new wording for a person to approve.

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