Date Published: January 2015
Author(s)
Kelley Dempsey (NIST), Larry Feldman (G2), Gregory Witte (G2)
NIST has published an updated version of Special Publication (SP) 800-53A, Assessing Security and Privacy Controls in Federal Information Systems and Organizations. SP 800-53A provides guidelines for building effective security assessment plans and procedures for assessing the effectiveness of security controls employed in federal information systems and organizations. This updated version (Revision 4) contains significant changes to the 2010 version, in both content and format.
NIST has published an updated version of Special Publication (SP) 800-53A, Assessing Security and Privacy Controls in Federal Information Systems and Organizations. SP 800-53A provides guidelines for building effective security assessment plans and procedures for assessing the effectiveness of...
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NIST has published an updated version of Special Publication (SP) 800-53A, Assessing Security and Privacy Controls in Federal Information Systems and Organizations. SP 800-53A provides guidelines for building effective security assessment plans and procedures for assessing the effectiveness of security controls employed in federal information systems and organizations. This updated version (Revision 4) contains significant changes to the 2010 version, in both content and format.
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Keywords
assessment; assurance; E-Government Act; FISMA; Privacy Act; privacy controls; privacy requirements; Risk Management Framework; security controls; security requirements
Control Families
Assessment, Authorization and Monitoring; Program Management; Risk Assessment