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- FISMA: Securing Federal Systems and Data With Tripwire
- Recognizing the importance of securing federal systems and data, Congress passed the Federal Information Security Management Act FIMSA in 2002. The act requires federal agencies develop, document and implement agency-wide information security programs to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the data and systems that support government operations and...
- White papers 2009-08-05
- Seven Practical Steps for Federal Cyber Security and FISMA Compliance
- The number of security breaches of federal information systems and cases of improper access to these systems continues to grow at an alarming rate. In fact, federal civilian agencies reported three times more cyber security incidents in 2008 than in 2006, according to the Department of Homeland Security DHS. And...
- White papers 2009-04-28
- Ensuring FISMA Compliance: Integrating Forensics and Incident Response as Mandated by NIST SP 800-86
- The Federal Information Security Management Act FISMA of 2002 mandates that federal agencies must establish incident response capabilities (44 U.S.C. ยง3544 b(7)). FISMA requires that federal agencies implement an incident response capability consistent with the guidelines and standards established by the National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST (44 U.S.C....
- White papers 2009-04-20
- Standardizing Security Operations: Using NIST?s Security Content Automation Program (SCAP) to Increase Security and Network Performance and Lower Operating Costs
- The presenter of this webcast gives an overview and demonstration of how NIST's Security Content Automation Program SCAP can be beneficial in achieving compliance with the Federal Information Security Management Act FISMA and other compliance requirements and how adoption increases security, increases network performance, and lowers operating costs.
- Webcasts 2009-01-01
- USAID Case Study: A Risk Management Approach to Security Compliance
- The United States Agency for International Development USAID provides economic and humanitarian assistance in more than 100 countries. USAID is the only Federal agency to receive an A+ in their Federal Information Security Management Act FISMA scoring for two consecutive years. nCircle is the foundation technology used to deliver these...
- Webcasts 2009-01-01
- Ensuring Personally Identifiable Information (PII) Security Within U.S. Government Agencies: Using Data Management Tools to Ensure FISMA and Privacy Act Compliance
- Safeguarding personally identifiable information in the possession of the government and preventing its breach are essential to ensure the government retains the trust of the American public. This is a responsibility shared by officials accountable for administering operational and privacy and security programs, legal counsel, Agencies' Inspectors General and other...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Federal Desktop Core Configuration Compliance
- It is essential to understand that the FDCC is a detailed extension of a subset of the general security requirements previously imposed by Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 FISMA. In fact, FDCC presupposes that an implementing agency has already complied with the more general and fundamental network security...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- IA Strategic Tracking & Reporting: DoD 8570 Compliance Made Easy
- Information security - also known as Information Assurance IA is one of the most pressing issues for American defense. Because of the highly networked nature of the current computing environment, the threat to the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the country's information is a matter of national security. Congress passed...
- White papers 2008-12-02
- Who keeps failing their FISMA compliance?
- Who keeps failing their FISMA compliance?Report CardActually, the Report Card listed is for 2007, not 2008. The 2008 Report Card does not come out until 2009 - similar to how you calculate your 2008 taxes in 2009. The 2008 Report Card cannot be compiled yet because 2008 is not yet...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- Varonis and FISMA Compliance
- Title III of the E-Government Act signed into law in December of 2002, is entitled the Federal Information Security Management Act FISMA and it requires each federal agency to develop, document, and implement an agency-wide program to provide information security for the information and information systems that support the operations...
- White papers 2008-08-27
- Developing FIPS 140-Validated Solutions for the Federal Government Using RSA BSAFE Software
- The U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Government Reform released the Fiscal Year 2007 edition of its Federal Information Security Management Act FISMA report. Unfortunately, the news was not good. The 25 major government agencies reported 8% of the IT systems remained uncertified/unaccredited while 14% of the systems lacked tested...
- White papers 2008-07-01
- Regulatory Compliance Solutions: Unified Information Security for Complete Coverage of Compliance Regulations
- With growing threats to industrial, financial and personal information security, there has been an influx of regulation and legislation designed to improve the way that institutions handle sensitive data. This is especially true in areas that are directly related to information privacy and security: the Payment Card Industry PCI; the...
- White papers 2008-07-01
- xbasics Ulinzi 1 (Windows)
- xbasics Ulinzi is a new Information Assurance tool focusing exclusively on FISMA. It implements the first two major steps needed to be accomplished for any successful FISMA Information Assurance effort: the Security Categorization of the given information system and the analysis and development of a compliant set of Security Controls...
- Software downloads 2008-06-02
- Who keeps failing their FISMA compliance?
- The recently released U.S Federal Computer Security Report Card for 2008, indicates that several critical to national security departments continue failing to implement the Federal Information Security Management Act FISMA. From a cyber espionage perspective, the lack of prioritization of departments that must...
- Blog posts 2008-05-27
- FISMA: Achieving and Maintaining Compliance to Ensure Security of Systems and Data
- This paper is intended to show how Tripwire Enterprise can continue to help federal agencies, as well as the organizations that store, process or transmit federal information, and the contractors that do business with the federal government, by providing an automated method for meeting many of the most critical regulatory...
- White papers 2008-04-01
- Alignment of Information Security Assessment Best Practices
- The Federal Information Security Management Act places obligations upon Federal agencies and their contractors, effected through National Institute of Standards and Technology standards and guidelines. FISMA compliance has, however, limited recognition beyond the Federal domain, whereas there is an increasing move in the private sector towards the international standard ISO/IEC...
- White papers 2007-06-07
- Meeting Federal Security Mandates With Fortinet
- The primary federal mandate for information security is FISMA - the Federal Information Security Management Act enacted as Title III in the EGovernment Act of 2002. Congress passed FISMA as a comprehensive framework to ensure effective information security controls for federal information systems used by civilian, national security, and law...
- White papers 2007-06-01
- House looks into 'bad' Chinese attacks on State, Commerce systems
- A House subcommittee is holding a hearing tomorrow to try to understand "how deeply" US government computers have been penetrated by foreign forces and whether the governments IT response so far is adequate, ComputerWorld reports. "The purpose of this hearing is to afford [House members] the opportunity...
- Blog posts 2007-04-18
- Improve your certification and accreditation processes by drawing on these four C&A models
- Certification and accreditation processes formally evaluate the security of an information system, determine the risk of operating the information system, and then either accept or not accept that risk. There are four primary certification and accreditation models that agencies use as a basis for developing their standardized C&A...
- Book chapters 2007-01-10
- Agencies fail to comply with FISMA
- Agencies fail to comply with FISMAU.S. federal agencies do okayActually, I have noticed over the years that agenices are in fact on the whole getting much better at complying with FISMA. In fact, from my experience in working both in the private sector and with the government, I believe that...
- Discussion threads 2006-11-22
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