New Government Guidelines for Computer Security

The Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), 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 and assets of the agency, including those provided or managed by another agency, contractor, or other source. This short talk will highlight the FISMA requirements and the standards/guidance that the National Institute of Standards and Technology has recently developed to assist Federal agencies in meeting those requirements.