NIST - Draft Special Publication 800-53A, Guide for Assessing the Security Controls in Federal Information Systems
24.04.2006
The second public draft of NIST Special Publication 800-53A, Guide for Assessing the Security Controls in Federal Information Systems is now available for public comment at the draft publications page. The document provides a comprehensive listing of methods and procedures to assess the effectiveness of security controls in federal information systems. Assessment procedures have been developed for each security control and control enhancement in NIST Special Publication 800-53 with the rigor and intensity of assessments aligned with the impact levels in FIPS 199.