Consistent with government audits from recent years, OIG’s FISMA compliance audit of 2021 once again found HHS’ security program ineffective.
In accordance with FISMA, we conducted an audit of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM)’s security program and practices. As part of our audit, we reviewed OPM’s FISMA...
The Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) was passed by the United States... and FISMA. The NIST is responsible for keeping the compliance documents up to date and ensuring...
Satisfy data security requirements of FISMA mandate using data discovery, auditing, alerting, and reporting capabilities of DataSecurity Plus.
A new DHS cybersecurity audit by the Office of Inspector General graded DHS FISMA compliance and found the agency to be below target levels in multiple areas.
Audit of the SEC’s Compliance With the Federal Information Security Modernization Act for... To comply with the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA), the SEC...
FISMA: USAID Implemented an Effective Information Security Program for Fiscal Year 2024 but Longstanding Weaknesses Persist
View Report ; Submitting OIG · AmeriCorps, Office of Inspector General ; Report Type · Audit ; Agency Wide · Yes ; Number of Recommendations · 5 ; Questioned Costs · $0 ; Funds for Better Use · $0 ; Report updated under NDAA 5274 · No
Within the last two years, the author’s research-oriented company installed a commercial, off-the-shelf (COTS) tool within its Moderate network to use for survey work. The company developed the Moderate network to meet the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) SP 800-53 security controls after determining that all the information it would process would be classified as “moderate” under US Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 199.1 · The product has modules that can be programmed to create field instruments f ...
Virtually every organization is subject to compliance requirements. Compliance audits provide validation of organizations’ adherence to the applicable standards, rules, and regulations. They also help identify deficiencies that could result in a noncompliance violation. While compliance audits are fine-tuned for various regulations, the broad strokes apply to most organizations. This article not only offers an understanding of what a compliance audit is and is not, but also reviews the complia...