training and awareness
Challenges for Information Assurance (IA)
The Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 ("FISMA", 44 U.S.C. § 3541, et seq.) is a United States federal law enacted in 2002 as Title III of the E-Government Act of 2002 (Pub.L. 107-347, 116 Stat. 2899). The Act was meant to bolster computer and network security within the Federal Government and affiliated parties (such as government contractors) by mandating yearly audits.
FISMA has brought attention to cyber-security within the Federal Government, which had previously been much neglected. As of February 2005, many government agencies received extremely poor marks on the official report card, with an average of 67.3% for 2004, an improvement of only 2.3 percentage points over 2003.This shows a marginal increase in how federal agencies prioritize cyber-security, but experts warn that this average must increase for the Government to truly protect itself.
FISMA imposes a mandatory set of processes that must be followed for all information systems used or operated by a US Government federal agency or by a contractor or other organization on behalf of a US Government agency. These processes must follow a combination of Federal Information Processing standards (FIPS) documents, the special publications SP-800 series issued by NIST, and other legislation pertinent to federal information systems, such as the Privacy Act of 1974 and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
A Solution
THI Information Assurance Training and Awareness classes utilize experiential learning techniques to bring out the vast knowledge of all participants involved the Certification and Accreditation Processes. All courses are developed by Information Assurance experts with real field experience who then facilitate and guide the students through the process of building a C & A Package that can be taken back and used as a guide for future work. THI has trained thousands of security professionals from both the Department of Defense and Federal government. Training classes are conducted in Falls Church, VA and San Antonio, TX as well as any CONUS and OCONUS location our customers need us to train at.
Benefits
- Cost effective mechanism to keep employees trained and certified
- Apply useful, practical techniques and best practices as soon as you return to the office
- Courses developed by Information Assurance experts who have trained thousands of IT professionals from across the globe on C&A, NIST, DITSCAP, DIACAP and DoDIIS risk management and security testing and documentation
- Learn from instructors with practical, hands-on experience who have completed C&As on both classified and unclassified systems
THI currently offers the following courses:
- DIACAP Workshop
- DIACAP Validation Workshop
- Federal Information System Security Authorization Process (FISSAP) Workshop
- FISSAP Validation Workshop
- CISSP/SSCP
- Ethical Hacking
Training Workshop Dates |
Type of Training Course |
Training Location |
09/29/2009 – 10/1/2009 |
DIACAP Workshop (3 days) |
San Antonio, Tx |
10/27/2009 - 10/29/2009 |
DIACAP Workshop (3 days) |
San Antonio, Tx |
11/17/2009 - 11/19/2009 |
DIACAP Workshop (3 days) |
Falls Church, VA |
01/26/2010 – 01/28/2010 |
DIACAP Workshop (3 days) |
San Antonio, Tx |
02/23/2010 - 02/25/2010 |
DIACAP Workshop (3 days) |
Falls Church, VA |
03/30/2010 - 04/1/2010 |
DIACAP Workshop (3 days) |
San Antonio, Tx |
04/27/2010 – 04/29/2010 |
DIACAP Workshop (3 days) |
San Antonio, Tx |
05/25/2010 - 05/27/2010 |
DIACAP Workshop (3 days) |
San Antonio, Tx |
To Register for a class Contact Us Today For more information about our business solutions and capabilities, please email us at training@thi-terra.com.