Security Control Spotlight—By the Numbers

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By Lon J. Berman, CISSP of BAI, Inc. In this issue’s “Spotlight”, we’re not going to focus on any specific controls or families, but rather on a comparison of RMF controls and DIACAP controls. The majority of DoD information systems are currently categorized under DIACAP as “MAC II Sensitive” or “MAC III Sensitive”. These categorizations…

Top Ten—Sources of RMF Policy and Guidance

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By Annette Leonard of BAI, Inc. RMF-related policies and guidance come from a plethora of sources within the seemingly-convoluted federal landscape. We believe a good understanding of these sources will be helpful as you move forward in your RMF implementation. Here, then is our “Top Ten” list of RMF policy and guidance providers. 10. US…

Significant Update to NIST SP 800-53A

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By Kathryn M. Farrish, CISSP of BAI, Inc. At long last, NIST has finally released a draft copy of the updated version of SP 800-53A, entitled Assessing Security and Privacy Controls in Federal Information Systems and Organizations. This is an important document in the RMF “document library” because it contains the “how to” for assessing…

RMF Transition—What is the Real Timeline?

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By Lon Berman of BAI, Inc. Now that RMF is official DoD policy, every DoD system owner needs to begin planning their “transition” from DIACAP. In order to plan and execute the transition, system owners need the answers to three basic questions: What does the transition process entail? When do I need to begin the…

RMF Transition Timeline Infographic

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IT Dojo offers a comprehensive course on the transition from DIACAP to RMF.  Please take a look at our RMF training courses here. Here is a link to a great book on RMF that we highly recommend. A ton of other information can be found on the NIST web site.