White Papers for Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA)

Contributing to Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) compliance with IronMail

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The Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 (FISMA) states that each Federal agency shall develop, document, and implement an agency-wide information security program to provide information security for the information and information systems that support the operations and assets of the agency, including those provided or managed by another agency, contractor, or other source. By definition, part of any such program includes proactive system maintenance to protect and ensure information integrity through privacy, confidentiality and access control. As a primary communication tool for government, email systems play a critical role in government security programs and must be adequately protected.A comprehensive messaging security approach can play a major role in maintaining information integrity within government agencies. These email security best practices include: Identifying and tracking information that must remain confidential; Ensuring that email messages containing confidential information are kept secure when transmitted; Ensuring that email users are properly authenticated when accessing email systems to ensure that confidential information does not get into the wrong hands; and Protecting email servers and databases where confidential information may be stored.

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