FISMA Certification and Accreditation Handbook

by L. Taylor, Laura P. Taylor

Overview

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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780080506531
Publisher:	Syngress Publishing
Publication date:	12/18/2006
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	504
File size:	10 MB

About the Author

Laura Taylor leads the technical development of FedRAMP, the U.S. government's initiative to apply the Federal Information Security Management Act to cloud computing. In 2006, Taylor's FISMA Certification and Accreditation Handbook was the first book published on FISMA. Taylor has contributed to four other books on information security and has authored hundreds of articles and white papers on infosec topics for a variety of web publications and magazines. Specializing in assisting federal agencies and private industry comply with computer security laws, Taylor is a thought leader on cyber security compliance. Taylor has led large technology migrations, developed enterprise wide information security programs, and has performed risk assessments and security audits for numerous financial institutions.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Author Contributing Author Technical Editor 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 Chapter 11: Addressing Incident Response Chapter 12: Performing the Security Tests and Evaluation Chapter 13: Conducting a Privacy Impact Assessment Chapter 14: Performing the Business Risk Assessment Chapter 15: Preparing the Business Impact Assessment Chapter 16: Developing the Contingency Plan Chapter 17: Performing a System Risk Assessment Chapter 18: Developing a Configuration Management Plan Chapter 19: Preparing the System Security Plan Chapter 20: Submitting the C&A Package Chapter 21: Evaluating the Certification Package for Accreditation Chapter 22: Addressing C&A Findings Chapter 23: Improving Your Federal Computer Security Report Card Scores Chapter 24: Resources FISMA OMB Circular A-130: Appendix III FIPS 199 Index