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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...; Tags: FISMA, Tripwire, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing; 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...; Tags: Security Breach, FISMA, U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, Tripwire, Cybersecurity, Security; White papers 2009-04-28
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...; Tags: Information Security, Compliance, U.S. Congress, FISMA, U.S. Department Of Defense, WillCo Technologies; 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...; Tags: Report Card, FISMA; Discussion threads 2008-09-02
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...; Tags: Software, RSA Security Inc., FISMA, Government; 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...; Tags: FISMA, Microsoft Windows, NIST, Xbasics; 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...; Tags: Compliance, FISMA, Dancho Danchev; 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...; Tags: Security, Compliance, FISMA, Tripwire; 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...; Tags: Information Security, FISMA, Best Practice, FISMA Compliance, Security; White papers 2007-06-07
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...; Tags: Security, International, Government technology, Congress; 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...; Tags: Information System, Certification, DITSCAP, FISMA, NIST, Syngress, C&A, Chapter Coverage, Quality, Training And Certification, Strategy, Business Operations, Management; 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...; Tags: FISMA, U.S. federal agency, agency; Discussion threads 2006-11-22
Agencies fail to comply with FISMA: Federal agencies are failing to test their IT security controls consistently, a new General Accounting Office report has found, Government Accounting News reports. “Federal agencies have not adequately designed and effectively implemented policies for periodically testing and evaluating information security controls,” the GAO concluded after surveying 24 major agencies...; Tags: agency, FISMA, General Accounting Office; Blog posts 2006-11-20
On heels of VA's giant data breach, White House & GAO review security practices: According to ComputerWorld, the White House Office of Management and Budget OMB and the Government Accountability Office GAO are jointly looking into the data security practices of the Veterans Administration as well as several other agencies. Recently, a computer containing the personal data of over 26.5 million people was...; Tags: OMB, FISMA, password; Blog posts 2006-06-19
VA boss: Give security laws more teeth: Federal data security laws need more "teeth," VA Secretary Jim Nicholson told Congress today, News.com reports. "While we have a system in the government of doing background investigations on those to whom we will give access to classified information, we do not have a similar screen for those to whom...; Tags: Tom Davis, FISMA, security; Blog posts 2006-06-08
FISMA Compliance: A Holistic Approach to FISMA and Information Security: Threats and attacks against information systems are on the rise. Internet Security Systems ISS and other security companies are now identifying more than 150 new viruses, Trojans, bots and vulnerabilities each week. Attacks launched by dangerous adversaries are targeting information systems globally, including federal systems, to inflict irreparable damage and...; Tags: Information Security, Security, Internet Security Systems Inc., FISMA; White papers 2006-04-01
Agencies get failing grades in cybersecurity, DHS worst of all: Need proof that the agencies charged with fighting terror don't take cybersecurity seriously? Just take a look at the House Government Reform Committee's report card, released today. The Washington Post reports the committee gives the federal government an overall grade of D- with an F for the third straight year...; Tags: agency; Blog posts 2006-03-16
Identifying Windows XP and Server 2003 Common Criteria Certified Requirements for the NIST Special Publication 800-53 Recommended Security Controls for Federal Information Systems: The NIST Special Publication SP 800-53 has special significance in that the security controls contained in the recommended baselines form the basis for those controls that will become mandatory in a Federal Information Processing Standard. The proposed Federal Information Processing Standard FIPS 200, Minimum Security Controls for Federal Information Systems,...; Tags: Security, Information System, Security Control, Microsoft Windows XP, FISMA, Server, NIST, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software; White papers 2006-01-11
IT Security Solutions for Government: Download this HP-sponsored Business Strategy Report from the Edison Group for an overview of the technical and legislative requirements for e-government data security in the United States. The paper outlines what the Chief Security Officer of a government institution is responsible for under the three main data protection policies: Federal...; Tags: Data Protection, IT Security, Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, FISMA, Disaster Recovery, Backups, E-government, Security, Data Management, Government; White papers 2005-09-20
What worries fed CIOs? Poor quality software, insecure wireless networks: What are federal information security officers worried about? Shoddy software, wireless networks security, and compliance with the Federal Information Security Management Act FISMA. That's what federal chief information security officers told Intelligent Decisions, an IT consultanting firm, for their second annual survey of CISOs. Software developers have dropped the ball...; Tags: FISMA, CISO, wireless; Blog posts 2005-08-30