National Park Service and Library of Congress Contract SecureInfo for IT Security Compliance Software; Federal Civilian Agencies Adopt SecureInfo RMS for Compliance with FISMA Reporting.SAN ANTONIO -- SecureInfo(R) Corporation, a leading provider of technology and expert services which strengthen sustainable information security compliance, today announced two new federal government contracts. The National Park Service and the Library of Congress have purchased licenses for SecureInfo RMS(TM) as their information security compliance solution for Certification & Accreditation (C&A). These federal agencies join DHS, NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. , United States Air Force United States Air Force (USAF) Major component of the U.S. military organization, with primary responsibility for air warfare, air defense, and military space research. It also provides air services in coordination with the other military branches. U.S. , United States Army United States Army Major branch of the U.S. military forces, charged with preserving peace and security and defending the nation. The first regular U.S. fighting force, the Continental Army, was organized by the Continental Congress on June 14, 1775, to supplement local and numerous other government organizations that have already partnered with SecureInfo to set a new standard in performing high quality C&A's. Federal civilian agencies face multiple challenges in managing and implementing the Certification & Accreditation process as mandated by the E-Government Act of December 2002 and section one of the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA FISMA Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 FISMA Federal Information System Management Act ). Agencies such as National Park Service and Library of Congress are under constant pressure to improve or maintain their FIMSA FIMSA Federation of Immunological Societies of Asia-Oceania FIMSA Fellow of International Medical Sciences Academy FIMSA Financial Institution Management Sales Assistant evaluation scores. Some of the common challenges Federal Civilian Agencies face are time-consuming and costly documentation and updating processes, the inability to view and manage enterprise-wide C&A progress, inconsistent results and the low quality of C&A's. "Federal civilian agencies own the daunting daunt tr.v. daunt·ed, daunt·ing, daunts To abate the courage of; discourage. See Synonyms at dismay. [Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, from Latin task of not only achieving security compliance but also maintaining it. This task is complicated by virtue of the size and mission of a constantly changing enterprise," said Graham Palmer, executive vice president, compliance solutions at SecureInfo. "SecureInfo RMS, developed by security professionals, is the ideal solution for ensuring high-quality FISMA compliance." SecureInfo RMS provides government clients with significant benefits that include: --Standardized C&A baseline across NIST (National Institute of Standards & Technology, Washington, DC, www.nist.gov) The standards-defining agency of the U.S. government, formerly the National Bureau of Standards. It is one of three agencies that fall under the Technology Administration (www.technology. , DITSCAP DITSCAP DoD Information Technology Security Certification and Accreditation Process (DoD Instruction 5200.40) DITSCAP Defense Information Technology Security Certification and Accreditation Process and agency specific policies --Complete, accurate inventory of any/all systems defined by a C&A boundary --Centralized FISMA reporting and tracking --Enterprise-wide management view and drill-down --Consistent, repeatable and high quality C&A's SecureInfo RMS is the automated enterprise-wide IT security compliance solution for the Department of Homeland Security Noun 1. Department of Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States and its 22 agencies as well as for many other Federal Civilian and Department of Defense organizations. About SecureInfo SecureInfo Corporation, Inc. helps commercial and government enterprises strengthen sustainable information security and compliance programs through the innovative use of information, technology and services. SecureInfo's solutions protect critical information assets while simultaneously lowering the cost of assessing and demonstrating compliance and managing enterprise IT security operations. SecureInfo is a recipient of the prestigious Inc. 500 Award and is cited by Federal Computer Week as one of the top ten providers of Information Assurance Solutions to the Federal Government. Clients include Merrill Lynch, the Department of Homeland Security and the United States Air Force. SecureInfo was founded in 1992 and has offices in San Antonio, TX and Washington, DC. Further information can be found at www.secureinfo.com. |
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