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Annual Reports	Access Control	E-Government Act
Audit and Accountability	Audit and Accountability	FISMA
Authentication	Awareness and Training	HSPD-12
Awareness and Training	Certification, Accreditation and Security Assessments	HSPD-7
Biometrics	Configuration Management	HIPAA
Certification and Accreditation	Contingency Planning	OMB Circular A-11
Communications and Wireless	Identification and Authentication	OMB Circular A-130
Contingency Planning	Incident Response
Cryptography	Maintenance	Document Series
Digital Signatures	Media Protection
Forensics	Personnel Security	NIST Special Publication 800 Series
General IT Security	Physical and Environmental Protection	NIST FIPS Series
Historical Archives	Planning	NIST Interagency Reports
Incident Response	Risk Assessment	NIST Security Bulletins
Maintenance	System and Communication Protection	OMB Circulars
PKI	System and Information Integrity	OMB Memorandum
Personal Identity Verification	System and Services Acquisition	Presidential Directives
Planning		Laws, Regulations, Directives and Policy
Research		Committee for National Security Systems
Risk Assessment		DoD Directives
Services and Acquisitions		DoD Instructions
Smart Cards		DoD Memos
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What is FISMApedia

FISMApedia is a collection of documents and discussions focused on Federal IT security. This site is a database of current guidance, laws and directives on how the Federal government secures its IT assets. We focus on civilian sector sector security, including:

• Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA)
• Federal Desktop Core Configuration (FDCC)
• Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP)
• Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12)
• Federal Identity Credentialing Committee (FICC)

For further information on FISMApedia please see our about page.

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• 2,863 acronyms and abbreviations added with 7,271 definitions from 97 documents published by NIST, DoD, CNSS, GAO and other Federal agencies
• 4,235 term definitions added using 7,997 definitions from 142 documents published by NIST, DoD, CNSS, GAO and other Federal agencies
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• Granular Comparison of NIST SP 800-53r2 and NIST SP 800-53r3 Control and Enhancements Changes
• NIST SP 800-53r3 Recommended Security Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations

FISMA Arts

FISMApedia is proud to host the FISMA Arts project (also know as FISMArts). FISMArts is a project to provide educational material to those seeking to learn about the Federal IT security. It's initial focus is on the production of Mnemosyne Project media from NIST SP-800 series documents.