Proactive Preparedness: Getting Your Agency Ready for a FISMA Audit
To protect government assets and information from unauthorized use, access, manipulation, disclosure, or destruction, the U.S. government came up with FISMA. It is a U.S. legislation that the government enacted in the Electronic Government Act of 2002. Organizations must show that they adhere to the NIST SP 800 series. It indicates compliance with the FISMA. Regarding FISMA audit, different organizations usually tailor their security control baseline to the point that it closely aligns with their business requirements, mission, and operation environments. When these organizations have complied with the required standards, they get more government contracts and obtain an ATO, among other benefits.