Official responsible for carrying out the Chief Information Officer responsibilities under the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) and serving as the Chief Information Officer’s primary liaison to the agency’s authorizing officials, information system owners, and information systems security officers.

See Senior Agency Information Security Officer. Comments about specific definitions should be sent to the authors of the linked Source publication. For NIST publications, an email is usually found within the document.

NIST publicaons are designed to help agencies assess risk. Once the proper controls are in place, they must be periodically tested and evaluated to ensure compliance. ¡ The agency must develop and maintain informaon security policies, procedures, and control techniques to address all applicable government-wide requirements.

2022年8月8日 · With the NIST guidelines, CISOs and security teams can improve how they identify, prevent and respond to threats. It can also help you recover in the wake of any incidents. Within these best...

2024年5月7日 · Recently, NIST released the 2.0 version of the framework. In this blog, I highlight the key changes from NIST CSF 1.0 and the implication of these changes based on how CISOs generally use NIST CSF. Most importantly, I encourage CISOs to consider the usage of NIST CSF as intended by the framework’s creators. Key Changes in NIST CSF 2.0:

special Publication 800-12: An Introduction to Computer Security: The NIST Handbook. Click here for a printable copy for Chapter 3 . Chapter 3: roles & responsibilities. One fundamental issue that arises in discussions of computer security is: "Whose responsibility is it?"

2010年6月22日 · The CISO is responsible for, among other duties, training and overseeing personnel with significant responsibilities for information security, also known as significant information security responsibilities (SISRs). To help agencies identify those individuals with SISRs, the Information Technology Laboratory of the National Institute of...

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An agency CIO should view their CISO as a trusted partner and advisor for developing and implementing information security requirements. While each agency’s organizational and reporting structure may be different, building a productive relationship between the CIO and CISO is essential for effective IT and security management.

See Senior Agency Information Security Officer.