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Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) and Plans of Action and Milestones (POA&M) Collection and Analysis System

Overview Computer & Hi-tech Management, Inc. is a diversified IT company providing a wide range of products and services to Federal civilian, DoD, and commercial customers. CHM collaborated with the USDA-OCIO, Office of Cyber Security to create an easy-to-use, distributed database application that USDA agencies and offices across the US could use to consistently track and report the security status of their IT assets. CHM is currently working closely with the Office of Cyber Security on determining the requirements for the next version of the Self-Assessment/POA&M Tracking system.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	CHM	File Format	PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5
Date Published	December 2004	Downloads	5
Format	Case Studies
Topics	Cyber Security

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