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- Information Security: Department of Homeland Security Faces Challenges in Fulfilling Statutory Requirements
- Concerned with accounts of attacks on commercial systems via the Internet and reports of significant weaknesses in federal computer systems that made them vulnerable to attack, Congress passed the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 FISMA, which permanently authorized and strengthened the federal information security program, evaluation, and reporting...
- White papers 2005-04-14
- Information Security - Department of Homeland Security Faces Challenges in Fulfilling Statutory Requirements
- For many years, GAO has reported that poor information security is a widespread problem that has potentially devastating consequences. Congress passed the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 FISMA, which permanently authorized and strengthened the federal information security program, evaluation, and reporting requirements established for federal agencies. The Department...
- White papers 2005-04-14
- SecureInfo Plays Key Role at the Department of Homeland Security Annual Information Security Conference; SecureInfo's FISMA and Network Security Experts Present, Participate in Roundtables, and Lead Training on Top DHS Security Initiatives
- SAN ANTONIO -- SecureInfoR Corporation, a leading provider of information security solutions, today announced that the Company played a key role at the recent Department of Homeland Security DHS Annual Information Security Conference held in Baltimore, Maryland August 21st - 24th. SecureInfo personnel presented on several topics including, "Mitigating Risk...
- Research articles 2006-09-11
- Understanding the New NIST Standards and Guidelines Required by FISMA: How Three Mandated Documents Are Changing the Dynamic of Information Security for the Federal Government
- The mandatory standard defined in this bulletin, applicable to non-national security systems as defined by FISMA, introduces some significant changes in how the U.S. Government protects its information and information systems, including those systems that comprise the nation's critical infrastructure. The Federal Information Security Management Act FISMA of 2002 places...
- White papers 2004-11-01
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- Complying With the Federal Information Security Management Act: How Tripwire Change Auditing Solutions Help
- In the aftermath of September 11, 2001, Congress passed, and the President signed, the E-Government Act, which formally recognized the importance of information security to the United States' economic and national security interests. Title III of that act, the Federal Information Security Management Act FISMA, requires federal agencies to develop,...
- White papers 2006-04-21
- Integrigy Accelerates Government FISMA and DoD 8500.1 Compliance for Oracle
- Integrigy Corporation, a provider of application security solutions and consulting, today announced availability of Federal Information Security Management Act FISMA and U.S. Department of Defense DoD Directive 8500.1 compliance modules for its flagship auditing and vulnerability assessment tool AppSentry. Using a combination of pre-defined security policies, audits, and reports,...
- Research articles 2006-09-12
- Telos Study Reveals Strong Chief Information Security Officer Support For FISMA Intent, Questions about Effectiveness; Federal CISOs ''Grade'' Federal Computer Security Report Card - C
- ASHBURN, Va. -- TelosR Corporation, a leading provider of government-validated, secure enterprise solutions, today announced the results of its first Federal Computer Security Report Card Chief Information Security Officer CISO Study. Federal CISOs gave the Federal Computer Security Report Card a C grade. Specifically, CISOs note that while the Report...
- Research articles 2005-02-16
- FISMA reporting must use automated tool
- OMB requires agencies to use automated reporting tool, not spreadsheets, to submit FISMA data Agencies must use an automated reporting tool to show their compliance with the Federal Information Security Management Act this year, Obama administration officials have said. This year the Office of Management and Budget will only accept...
- News items 2009-08-25
- New Telos Tool Enables CISOs to Quickly Achieve FIPS 199 and FISMA Compliance; Telos to Release Xacta FISMA Accelerator Aimed to Relieve CISOs Facing Fast-Approaching FIPS 199 Deadline, Poor FISMA Grades
- ASHBURN, Va. -- Federal chief information security officers CISOs will soon have a new tool available to combat recent heavily-publicized shortcomings in federal information security compliance. TelosR Corporation is set to release XactaR FISMA Accelerator, a new tool that categorizes federal agency information systems in accordance with Federal Information Processing...
- Research articles 2005-04-19
- Taking some sweat out of security compliance
- Solution Spotlight New software tools can help agencies meet some security mandates. But what about FISMA? Security Content Automation Protocol backgrounder When it comes to complying with federal security mandates, chief information security officers contend with a set of arduous tasks that could rival the 12 labors of Hercules. Under...
- News items 2009-10-30
- Internet Security Systems Introduces FISMA Compliance Solution; Company To Offer Government Agencies a Holistic Program for Meeting Federal Compliance Requirements and Improving Overall Security Posture
- ATLANTA -- Internet Security Systems, Inc. ISS (NASDAQ: ISSX) today announced it is offering government agencies a complete set of products and services for assessing security needs and complying with the Federal Information Security Management Act FISMA. Through the ISS FISMA Compliance Solution, ISS is the only security vendor to...
- Research articles 2005-11-16
- FISMA Regulatory Compliance Knowledge Now Available in NetIQ Security Compliance Suite
- NetIQ Corp. (NASDAQ: NTIQ), a leading provider of integrated systems and security management solutions, today announced the availability of the NetIQ® FISMA Essentials policy templates within the NetIQ® Security Compliance Suite solution. These policy templates provide knowledge to help assess the information security of U.S. federal agencies' systems as required...
- Research articles 2005-09-19
- NFR Security to Hold Web Seminars to Help Government Agencies Meet FISMA Requirements
- NFR Security, Inc.What: The Office of Management and Budget OMB released a mandate requiring Federal agencies to include a detailed ...
- Research articles 2005-06-20
- Tripwire Introduces FISMA Compliance Support to Leading Configuration Assessment Solution
- Strong security engenders trust, and engendering trust is mission critical for any government agency. Since the enactment of the Federal Information Security Management Act FISMA in 2002, government agencies and private contractors who work with them have sought efficient, reliable ways to prove FISMA compliance and to guarantee beyond the...
- Research articles 2008-02-05
- Note from the FM chief information officer
- Since the theme of this issue is education and training, I thought I would take the opportunity to remind you of the importance of our annual security and awareness training. This training is one of the requirements of the U.S. Federal Information Security Management Act FISMA of 2002, and is...
- Research articles 2008-03-22
- Configuresoft to Deliver "Drop & Deploy" IT Control Solution to Meet FISMA Requirements
- Configuresoft, the industry leader in policy compliance and configuration management technology, today announced the Enterprise Configuration Manager ECM/FISMA IT control solution. This auditor-designed solution, based on the NIST SP 800-37 guidelines, helps agencies to monitor levels of consistency toward the Federal Information Security Management Act FISMA compliance requirements. It includes...
- Research articles 2004-11-08
- Preventsys Partners with Patriot Technologies to Help Customers Automate FISMA Compliance and Manage the Avalanche of Security Data
- WASHINGTON -- Preventsys Inc. and Patriot Technologies today announced a partnership agreement, making Patriot Technologies an authorized Preventsys channel partner. This agreement allows Patriot Technologies to offer the Preventsys' Enterprise Security Management System ESM to its many government and commercial customers and enable them to effectively manage IT security risk...
- Research articles 2005-06-06
- LogLogic Announces FISMA Control and Compliance Suite Based on NIST for Government Organizations
- LogLogic, the log management and intelligence leader, today announced the LogLogic Compliance and Control Suite for the Federal Information Security Management Act FISMA, adding to the industry's deepest log reporting and alerting capabilities. Offering more than 100 alerts and reports out-of-the box, the Suite enables users to move to continuous...
- Research articles 2007-01-24
- U.S. Department of Interior Expands FISMA Compliance Capabilities with Scalable Software
- HOUSTON -- Scalable Software, a leader in IT compliance and asset management solutions for the business management of IT, announced today that the U.S. Department of Interior DOI renewed their contract and will expand their Federal Information Security Management Act FISMA compliance initiatives using Command Center Federal. The DOI will...
- Research articles 2005-10-12
- Scalable Software to Host FISMA Best Practices Webinar
- HOUSTON -- Scalable Software, Inc., a leader in IT compliance and asset management solutions for the business management of IT, today announced that Michael Rasmussen, Vice President and Analyst in Forrester's IT Management and Services research group and Chrisan Herrod, Chief Security Officer at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission...
- Research articles 2005-10-19
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