September 16, 2016
Security Control Spotlight: Contingency Planning
By Kathryn M. Daily, CISSP of BAI Information Security In this issue we will shine the spotlight on the Contingency Planning (CP) family of security controls. …
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September 16, 2016
Top Ten RMF Pitfalls Revisited
By Lon Berman, CISSP of BAI Information Security Like any complex process, RMF is not without its share of potential pitfalls. Now that we have the benefit of …
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September 16, 2016
Understanding the Authorization Decision
By Lon Berman, CISSP of BAI Information Security If you ask most system owners about the desired outcome of their RMF efforts, they will readily tell you “we …
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June 8, 2016
Top Ten: RMF “Lessons Learned”
By Lon J. Berman, CISSP BAI Information Security I recently had the pleasure of consulting for a DoD program that successfully navigated the RMF process and …
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June 7, 2016
Security Control Baseline “Tabletop Review”
By Lon J. Berman, CISSP at BAI Information Security Let’s take a look at some strategies for reviewing the Security Control Baseline and creating “action plans” …
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June 1, 2016
Security Control Spotlight: Inheritance
By Kathryn M. Farrish, CISSP BAI Information Security Security Control Inheritance is one of the most powerful tools available to facilitate the RMF process. …
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April 27, 2016
Learning More About Apple iOS9 MAC Address Randomization
Apple uses a variety of scans for wireless LAN/physical location information. There are Preferred Network Offload (PNO) Scans, Enhanced Preferred Network …
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March 11, 2016
Security+ CEU Question and Answer
I recently had a client who had a Security+ certification that was about to expire and he asked me a question that I wanted to share with our readers. If my …
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March 1, 2016
Top Ten: Questions for your Authorizing Official
By Annette Leonard The importance of the Authorizing Official (AO) in the RMF process is self evident. As the individual charged with signing your Authorization …
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