A NASA Inspector General (IG) report released Monday, “NASA Faces Significant Challenges in Transitioning to a Continuous Monitoring Approach for Its Information Technology Systems” [PDF], finds just that: The agency has a lot of work to do as it moves from certification and accreditat...
The Department of Defense has given its stringent DOD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP) security rating to a cloud service provider, Terremark, for two infrastructure-as-a-service locations. The rating hasn’t been given so far to Amazon Web Services or othe...
via infoTECH News The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology issued the following news release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued the final version of its Guide to Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Security (SP 800-82), in...
via Fierce Government IT Federal officials at work on the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program have agreed on a set of minimal common security controls for cloud computing, said a senior General Services Administration official March 29. Officials from the departments of Defense and Hom...
via InformationWeek The federal agency for implementing technology standards has published a guide to help government organizations weave overall objectives and goals into the fabric of their security strategy. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published “Managing I...