

As of 4:30 eastern time, I was able to login to RMF Knowledge Service. Hopefully it’s back for good.
Are you going to Technet Augusta? So are we! (Did we just become best friends? 👫) Come see us at booth 216. We will have informational handouts, RMF hot sauce, and maybe a funny joke. 🥳
A reader who calls herself “Thirsting for Knowledge” asks: Dear Dr. RMF, Recently I’ve seen a few RMF-related articles online that referred to something called the “knowledge service”. Can you tell me what exactly this service is and if you think it would help me develop my RMF skills. Is…
A reader who calls himself “Dis-appointed?” asks: Dear Dr. RMF, Are appointment letters required to obtain an eMASS account for the roles of ISSO, ISSM, and SCA? Also, are appointment letters required for executing the roles of ISSO, ISSM and SCA (outside of obtaining eMASS accounts)? Dr. RMF Responds: Dear…
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…
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…