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FISMA Future

The Federal Information Security Management Act is growing in importance for federal managers, and the National Institutes of Standards and Technology is workin...

Federal News Network Staff

December 15, 2008 9:37 am

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The Federal Information Security Management Act is growing in importance for federal managers, and the National Institutes of Standards and Technology is working on helping agencies to comply. Ron Ross is Project Manager for the FISMA Implementation Project at NIST and joins us to explain the current state of cyber security standards as well as what agencies should be expecting down the road. Click to hear the interview.

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