Dear Dr. RMF, I can tell you I am definitely new to eMass. However, I have registered several packages and brought over artifacts. I have blindly (using the job aid) assigned controls, exported the spreadsheet and reimported. Haven’t been able to produce the RAR or POAM. With that being said,…
Dear Dr. RMF, I was wondering if you could guide me to the official “source” for all SOP’s required for RMF. I have copies of SOP’s I have done for another group but these were built off templates we were given from our ISSM at the time. I have combed…
By Kathryn Daily, CISSP, CAP, RDRP That’s an eye-catching headline, right? Unfortunately, it’s not actually a thing, at least not yet, but will be in the future, if I get my way. Currently, all federal information systems are required to go through an Assessment and Authorization (A&A) process to be…
By Marilyn Fritz, CISSP Cybersecurity is notoriously challenging, with every new day bringing more media stories about losses from endless breaches. Beleaguered cybersecurity professionals are left coping with the onslaught and, more often than not, pleading for resources. Leaders in both private and public sectors all around the globe are…
By Kathryn Daily, CISSP, CAP, RDRP Back in September 2018, NIST announced their plans to develop a data privacy framework based off of their cybersecurity framework that has been extremely successful in both government and the private sector. NIST has worked with industry through webinars and workshops and incorporated both public…
Dear Dr. RMF, First of all, just stumbled across this blog few days ago….awesome! There is piles of documentation but not enough community sourced help for the RMF process. I tried starting an RMF sub-reddit but it never took off! I have so many questions! But one in particular that…
Dear Dr. RMF, Government IT Security staff work with systems owners to make sure that all systems in the agency have implemented the proper Risk Management Framework (RMF) controls. Organizations have deployed technologies like eMASS, XACTA, and RSA to manage the workflow and documentation for the RMF for their systems….
By P. Devon Schall, PhD, CISSP, RDRP Over the past 12 months, I have attended a handful of DoD cybersecurity conferences with the goal of convincing the DoD community that RMF training is a key solution in combatting the perceived RMF crisis. These conferences include the Air Force Information Technology…
By Lon J. Berman CISSP, RDRP CNSSI 4009 defines Security Control Inheritance as “a situation in which an information system or application receives protection from security controls (or portions of security controls) that are developed, implemented, and assessed, authorized, and monitored by entities other than those responsible for the system…
By Lon J. Berman, CISSP, RDRP All of us who have spent time working with RMF have come to understand just what a time-consuming and resource-intensive process it can be. As bad as that may be, it is made even worse when the same application or system ends up going…
