Corrective Action Plans / POA&Ms

The Department of Homeland Security indicates that a Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M) is mandated by the Federal Information Systems Management Act of 2002 (FISMA) as a corrective action plan for tracking and planning the resolution of information security...

System Security Plans

NIST describes that the purpose of the system security plan is to provide an overview of the security requirements of the system and describe the controls in place or planned for meeting those requirements. The system security plan also delineates responsibilities and...

Assessments

According to NIST, risk assessments are a key part of effective risk management and facilitate decision making at all three tiers in the risk management hierarchy including the organization level, mission/business process level, and information system level. Because...