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FISMA
(Federal Information Security Management Act) A U.S. government mandate that requires federal agencies to develop and implement an information security program. FISMA is Title III of the...
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Definition: FISMA
(Federal Information Security Management Act) A U.S. government mandate that requires federal agencies to develop and implement an information security program. FISMA is Title III of the E-Government Act passed in 2002. For more information, visit http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/SMA/fisma.
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Microsoft: Office 365 for enterprises now FISMA-certified
Microsoft's Office 365 hosted app bundle is FISMA-certified, making it potentially more appealing to U.S. government customers.
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Amazon Web Services moves up FISMA accreditation food chain
AWS is moving up the FISMA charts as it aims to land more government work.
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Microsoft gets the FISMA certification nod for its BPOS Federal cloud suite
Microsoft's suite of hosted business applications for government -- its Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) F -- has recieved FISMA certification, Microsoft officials said on April 20.
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Google's FISMA certification: A technicality, misunderstanding or outright lie?
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Microsoft and Google: Who's the most FISMA-compliant of them all?
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Microsoft vs. Google war of words: Effective use of time?
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CIO interview: Casey Coleman of the General Services Administration
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Who keeps failing their FISMA compliance?
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