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NIST to develop credentials for FISMA consultants

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The National Institute of Standards and Technology has begun a project to develop a set of security credentials aimed at assessment providers.

The credentials build on NIST’s security and risk management guidance for the Federal Information Security Management Act.

Agencies typically hire contractors to help them certify and accredit their systems to meet FISMA requirements. As agencies move to a risk management approach, it is important that they be confident that the contractors they hire can adequately provide those services, said Ron Ross, NIST senior computer scientist.

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