This blog excerpt is taken from our July 2023 newsletter. To view the rest of the newsletter, visit rmf.org/newsletter. By Kathryn Daily, CISSP, CGRC (Formerly CAP), RDRP NIST SP 800-53 (National Institute of Standards and Technology Special Publication 800-53) provides a set of security and privacy controls for information systems…
This blog excerpt is taken from our July 2023 newsletter. To view the rest of the newsletter, visit rmf.org/newsletter. By Philip D. Schall, Ph.D., CISSP, RDRP As a college professor and Director of Training at BAI RMF Resource Center, I often am approached by students of all ages asking how they…
A reader who calls herself “Cleanup Mode” writes: Dear Dr. RMF, I have recently taken over responsibility for a couple of systems and the RMF packages are a mess! I’m trying to make some sense out of how they handled the STIGs and it just makes no sense to me….
A reader who calls himself “Between a Rock and a Hard Place” writes: Dear Dr. RMF, My unit is in the early stages of our RMF efforts for a new information system and we are having a little bit of a “debate” about which “version” of the RMF controls we…
by Lon J. Berman, CISSP, RDRP Those of us who have worked with government information systems for a number of years have come to realize the wheels of change turn very slowly – but they do turn! Case in point – DoD adoption of NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-53 Rev…
This blog excerpt is taken from our April 2023 newsletter. To view the rest of the newsletter, visit rmf.org/newsletter. By Kathryn Daily, CISSP, CGRC (Formerly CAP), RDRP As some may have heard, SCAP Compliance Checker (SCC) has lost funding from DISA as of the end of FY22 and as a…
This blog excerpt is taken from our April 2023 newsletter. To view the rest of the newsletter, visit rmf.org/newsletter. By: Devon Schall, Ph.D., CISSP On March 30th, I had the opportunity to attend the primary conference day for Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) Colorado Springs Cyber Focus Week hosted at…
By Kathryn Daily, CISSP, CAP (soon to be CGRC), RDRP What is GRC? GRC stands for Governance, Risk, and Compliance. GRC is a set of processes and procedures to help organizations achieve business objectives, address uncertainty, and act with integrity. In August of 2021 ISC2 updated the exam outline and…
“Teamwork? I think not!” writes: Dear Dr. RMF, I am trying to put together a team to work the RMF process for a new system that’s under development. I got the bright idea of having each of the team members take responsibility for the security controls that are pertinent to…
By Philip D. Schall, Ph.D., CISSP, RDRP For those who missed my last article titled The Authorizing Official (AO) Problem & The Army Risk Management Council (ARMC), I will provide a quick summary to bring readers up to speed. It has always been my perception that a big part of…
