Administration Cybersecurity Policy Review

Step 9: Focus on FISMA Discussion

Until now, you have focused on analyzing current and past administrations’ cybersecurity policy. However, your analysis would not be complete without considering a focus on statutes and organizations that determine standards such as FISMA and NIST.

Using the discussion board, pair with another student in the cybersecurity management and policy arena and discuss the introduction of and the effectiveness of FISMA for the federal government. Conduct a high-level review of the FISMA document. Evaluate FISMA’s ability to both assess compliance and ensure accountability. This discussion will be useful for your FISMA report in the following step.

Step 10: Focus on FISMA Report

Use your discussion from the previous step as a basis for the report in this step.

Remember, there are methods that the government uses for quantifying information security and loss. Create a two-page document that summarizes the impact of FISMA upon the quantification within the government, how FISMA implementation can affect the quantification, and the need for FISMA adherence across the federal government.

Write a two-page discussion with the following points:

Describe and discuss the objectives of policy makers.

Describe and discuss the general problems that limit the effectiveness of vehicles that try to govern cybersecurity.

Considering the general problems discussed in the previous point, discuss ideas for improving cybersecurity.

Discuss how well you think FISMA works in the workplace.

This document will serve as the FISMA conclusions section of your final report. Submit your Focus on FISMA report for feedback.