FISMA certification & accreditation handbook / Laura Taylor ; Matthew Shepherd, technical editor.

By:

Taylor, Laura

Contributor(s):

Shepherd, Matthew

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781597491167
1597491160
9781429454926
142945492X
0080506534
9780080506531
1282552473
9781282552470

Subject(s):

Additional physical formats: Print version:: FISMA certification & accreditation handbook.DDC classification:

005.8 22

LOC classification:

QA76.9.A25 T395 2007eb

Online resources:

EBSCOhost

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1: What Is Certification and Accreditation?; Chapter 2: Types of Certification and Accreditation; Chapter 3: Understanding the Certification and Accreditation Process; Chapter 4: Establishing a C & A Program; Chapter 5: Developing a Certification Package; Chapter 6: Preparing the Hardware and Software Inventory; Chapter 7: Determining the Certification Level; Chapter 8: Performing and Preparing the Self-Assessment; Chapter 9: Addressing Security Awareness and Training Requirements; Chapter 10: Addressing End- User Rules of Behavior.

Summary: The only book that instructs IT Managers to adhere to federally mandated certification and accreditation requirements. This book will explain what is meant by Certification and Accreditation and why the process is mandated by federal law. The different Certification and Accreditation laws will be cited and discussed including the three leading types of C & A: NIST, NIAP, and DITSCAP. Next, the book explains how to prepare for, perform, and document a C & A project. The next section to the book illustrates addressing security awareness, end-user rules of behavior, and incident response requirements. Once this phase of the C & A project is complete, the reader will learn to perform the security tests and evaluations, business impact assessments system risk assessments, business risk assessments, contingency plans, business impact assessments, and system security plans. Finally the reader will learn to audit their entire C & A project and correct any failures. * Focuses on federally mandated certification and accreditation requirements * Author Laura Taylor's research on Certification and Accreditation has been used by the FDIC, the FBI, and the Whitehouse * Full of vital information on compliance for both corporate and government IT Managers.

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The only book that instructs IT Managers to adhere to federally mandated certification and accreditation requirements. This book will explain what is meant by Certification and Accreditation and why the process is mandated by federal law. The different Certification and Accreditation laws will be cited and discussed including the three leading types of C & A: NIST, NIAP, and DITSCAP. Next, the book explains how to prepare for, perform, and document a C & A project. The next section to the book illustrates addressing security awareness, end-user rules of behavior, and incident response requirements. Once this phase of the C & A project is complete, the reader will learn to perform the security tests and evaluations, business impact assessments system risk assessments, business risk assessments, contingency plans, business impact assessments, and system security plans. Finally the reader will learn to audit their entire C & A project and correct any failures. * Focuses on federally mandated certification and accreditation requirements * Author Laura Taylor's research on Certification and Accreditation has been used by the FDIC, the FBI, and the Whitehouse * Full of vital information on compliance for both corporate and government IT Managers.

Print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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