Overview
The Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) is United States legislation that defines a comprehensive framework to protect government information, operations and assets against natural or man-made threats. FISMA was signed into law part of the Electronic Government Act of 2002.
The Safeguards Rule of the Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999 requires financial institutions to develop a written information security plan that describes how the company is prepared for, and plans to continue to protect clients’ nonpublic personal information.
Required Readingshttps://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/guidance/financial-institutions-customer-information-complying
Required Videoshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMNQfKqeBCw
https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/implementing-information-safeguards-under-gramm-leach-bliley-a-160
Required PowerPointshttps://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/Risk-Management
Week 13 DiscussionDiscuss in 500 words or more the relationship between NIST and FISMA. This should not be a two part paper explaining what NIST and FISMA are separately. This question asks about the relationship between them.
Include at least one quote from 3 articles, place them in quotation marks and cite in-line (as all work copied from another should be handled).
Cite your sources in a reference list at the end. Do not copy without providing proper attribution (quotation marks and in-line citations). Write in essay format not in bulleted, numbered or other list format.
Reply to two classmates’ posting in a paragraph of at least five sentences by asking questions, reflecting on your own experience, challenging assumptions, pointing out something new you learned, offering suggestions. These peer responses are not ‘attaboys’.
It is important that you use your own words, that you cite your sources, that you comply with the instructions regarding length of your post and that you reply to two classmates in a substantive way (not ‘nice post’ or the like). Your goal is to help your colleagues write better. Do not use spinbot or other word replacement software. It usually results in nonsense and is not a good way to learn anything. . I will not spend a lot of my time trying to decipher nonsense. Proof read your work or have it edited. Find something interesting and/or relevant to your work to write about. Please do not submit attachments unless requested.
