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Information Security Policies, NIST-FISMA compliance

Information Security Policies According to NIST

Posted on by David Lineman

Five Best Practices from NIST 800-53 In April 2013, NIST made the final updates to their complete catalog of information security requirements, Special Publication 800-53 Revision 4 – Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations.  The catalog is BIG – it contains hundreds of information security and data privacy requirements organized into […]

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Security Policy Lessons from SCADA Attacks

Posted on by David Lineman
Reports from the last few months have generated another wake-up call for those concerned with the security of the nation’s critical infrastructure. In addition to audit reports of widespread vulnerabilities among agencies managing the infrastructure, the first malicious software was discovered “in the wild” that specifically targets the SCADA system employed to manage these networks. [...]
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