Top Ten—What’s “new” in RMF for DoD IT?

By Lon J. Berman, CISSP BAI Consulting Now that DoD has “officially” begun its adoption of RMF, let’s take a look at some of the things that are “new”! 10. Cybersecurity. The word “Cybersecurity” has been part of the government IT security discussion for several years, going back to a Presidential Directive in 2008. DoD has now adopted the term Cybersecurity in…

DoD Transition to RMF Imminent—Will You Be Ready?

By Lon J. Berman, CISSP For quite some time, it’s been well known that DoD would be making a transition from the legacy DIACAP Certification and Accreditation (C&A) Program to the Risk Management Framework (RMF). This transition is part of a broader effort to bring all Executive Branch departments and agencies … including DoD, the intelligence community and all “civil” departments/agencies … into a…