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NIST Special Publication 800-53 is an information security standard that provides a catalog of privacy and security controls for information systems. Originally intended for U.S. federal agencies except those related to national security, since the 5th revision it is a standard for general usage. It is published by the National Institute of ...
The Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 ( FISMA, 44 U.S.C. § 3541, et seq.) is a United States federal law enacted in 2002 as Title III of the E-Government Act of 2002 ( Pub. L. 107–347 (text) (PDF), 116 Stat. 2899 ). The act recognized the importance of information security to the economic and national security interests of ...
The Risk Management Framework (RMF) is a United States federal government guideline, standard and process for risk management to help secure information systems (computers and networks) developed by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The RMF, illustrated in the diagram to the right, provides a disciplined and structured ...
Electronic Code of Federal Regulation, Title 49, PART 1520—Protection Of Sensitive Security Information; IETF RFC 1757 — Remote Network Monitoring Management Information Base. NIST suite of documents for conducting Security Assessment and Authorization. SP 800-18 Rev. 1 — Guide for Developing Security Plans for Federal Information Systems.
Formed. 2011. The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program ( FedRAMP) is a United States federal government -wide compliance program that provides a standardized approach to security assessment, authorization, and continuous monitoring for cloud products and services. [ 1]
eMASS is a service-oriented computer application that supports Information Assurance (IA) program management and automates the Risk Management Framework (RMF). [1] The purpose of eMASS is to help the DoD to maintain IA situational awareness, manage risk, and comply with the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA 2002) and the Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA ...
NIST Cybersecurity Framework ( CSF) is a set of guidelines for mitigating organizational cybersecurity risks, published by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) based on existing standards, guidelines, and practices. [ 1] The framework "provides a high level taxonomy of cybersecurity outcomes and a methodology to assess ...
In 2019 the Department of Defense announced the creation of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) to transition from a mechanism of self-attestation of an organization's basic cyber hygiene which was used to govern the Defense Industrial Base. Since 2017 all defense contractors were required to self-assess and report their ...