Senior Agency Information Security Officer

  Official responsible for carrying out the Chief Information Officer responsibilities under FISMA and serving as the Chief Information Officer’s primary liaison to the agency’s authorizing officials, information system owners, and information system security officers.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-18 Rev. 1 under Senior Agency Information Security Officer 44 U.S.C., Sec. 3544
NIST SP 800-60 Vol. 1 Rev. 1 under Senior Agency Information Security Officer 44 U.S.C., Sec. 3544
NIST SP 800-60 Vol. 2 Rev. 1 under Senior Agency Information Security Officer 44 U.S.C., Sec. 3544

  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. [Note 1: With respect to SecCM, a Senior Agency Information Security Officer is an individual that provides organization-wide procedures and/or templates for SecCM, manages or participates in the Configuration Control Board, and/or provides technical staff for security impact analyses. Note 2: Organizations subordinate to federal agencies may use the term Senior Information Security Officer or Chief Information Security Officer to denote individuals filling positions with similar responsibilities to Senior Agency Information Security Officers.]
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-128 under Senior Agency Information Security Officer 44 U.S.C., Sec. 3544

  Official responsible for carrying out the Chief Information Officer responsibilities under FISMA and serving as the Chief Information Officer’s primary liaison to the agency’s authorizing officials, information system owners, and information system security officers. [Note: Organizations subordinate to federal agencies may use the term Senior Information Security Officer or Chief Information Security Officer to denote individuals filling positions with similar responsibilities to Senior Agency Information Security Officers.]
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-30 Rev. 1 under Senior Agency Information Security Officer 44 U.S.C., Sec. 3544
NIST SP 800-53A Rev. 4 under Senior Agency Information Security Officer 44 U.S.C., Sec. 3544
NISTIR 8170 under Senior Agency Information Security Officer 44 U.S.C., Sec. 3544

  Official responsible for carrying out the Chief Information Officer responsibilities under FISMA and serving as the Chief Information Officer’s primary liaison to the agency’s authorizing officials, information system owners, and information system security officers. [Note: Organizations subordinate to federal agencies may use the term Senior Information Security Officer or Chief Information Security Officer to denote individuals filling positions with similar responsibilities to Senior Agency Information Security Officers.]
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-39 under Senior Agency Information Security Officer 44 U.S.C., Sec. 3544

  Official responsible for carrying out the Chief Information Officer responsibilities under FISMA and serving as the Chief Information Officer’s primary liaison to the agency’s authorizing officials, information system owners, and information system security officers. Note: Organizations subordinate to federal agencies may use the term Senior Information Security Officer or Chief Information Security Officer to denote individuals filling positions with similar responsibilities to Senior Agency Information Security Officers.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 4 under Senior Agency Information Security Officer 44 U.S.C., Sec. 3544

  Official responsible for carrying out the Chief Information Officer responsibilities under the Federal Information Security Modernization Act FISMA and serving as the Chief Information Officer’s primary liaison to the agency’s authorizing officials, information system owners, and information system security officers. Note 1: With respect to SecCM, a Senior Agency Information Security Officer is an individual that provides organization-wide procedures and/or templates for SecCM, manages or participates in the Configuration Control Board, and/or provides technical staff for security impact analyses. Note 2: Organizations subordinate to federal agencies may use the term Senior Agency Information Security Officer or Chief Information Security Officer to denote individuals filling positions with similar responsibilities to Senior Agency Information Security Officers.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-128 under Senior Agency Information Security Officer 44 U.S.C., Sec. 3544