FISMA Certificate

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The Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 requires each federal agency to develop, document, and implement an agency-wide program to provide information security for the information and information systems that support the operations and assets of the agency, including those provided or managed by another agency, contractor, or other source. Obtaining a FISMA certificate through the CICPC demonstrates to agency management that you are equipped with the requisite knowledge of the federal guidelines established by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, so that you can be trusted to ensure compliance or to satisfy compliance mandates for access to government contracts. Areas of study in this course include:

• legal and compliance requirements
• risk management framework
• system categorization procedures
• technical and functional IA processes
• policies and procedures that support defense in-depth
• selection testing and evaluation of IA controls
• system life-cycle
• continuity of operations planning

The CICPC’s FISMA certificate program provides participants an understanding of information security basics, a foundation necessary to achieve the required level of trust and security in organizational information systems, and ultimately FISMA compliance. The coursework includes a "primer" and a comprehensive review of current FISMA documentation, which focuses on major IA areas and is structured into separate learning modules, including:

1. FISMA Primer – A Program Overview
2. System Life Cycle and Security Implications
3. Legal and Management Issues
4. Information Assurance Basics
5. Security Categorization of Information Systems and Networks
6. Category Mapping
7. Security Controls for Information Systems
8. Testing and Assessment of Security Controls
9. Certification and Accreditation
10. Security Plans
11. Risk Management
12. Industrial Control System Security

The reference materials for this program include the official NIST Federal Information Processing Standards, the Series 800 Special Publication, and other supplementary materials available for download at www.nist.gov.

Tuition Costs

$1590 – regular rate
$1290 – currently enrolled Capitol College student
$990 - Capitol College alumni

Schedule of Classes

For more information:

email: cicpc@capitol-college.edu
contact: Ken Crockett, 301-369-2800, ext. 3026