NIST releases ‘Managing Information Security Risk’

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NIST releases ‘Managing Information Security Risk’

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released the final version of its guidelines for information risk management.

Federal News Network Staff

March 4, 2011 9:30 am

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NIST has compiled set of guidelines for the Federal Information Security Management Act – that they say is their capstone document for FISMA implementation. NIST Special Publication 800-39 lays out a three-tiered risk-management system for agencies to use. The first tier identifies risk at the management level. Next, a strategy is planned out and then developed into a system. This is the fourth in five documents from the National Institute of Standards and Technology on FISMA reform.

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