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Insight C & A expert contributes to TSA receiving 100% score under the Federal Information Security Management (FISMA) scorecard for second year. (July 6, 2009)
The Department of Homeland Security announced the Official FY09 Federal Information Security Management (FISMA) Scorecard today, which gives the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) a perfect rating of 100% for the second year in a row. TSA scored its second A+ rating on the DHS FISMA Scorecard – the Department’s tool named for the FISMA requirements used to measure information system security of every Federal agency. The award follows in TSA’s tradition of high standards, when in 2007 TSA was the only DHS component to receive an “A” score for its FISMA report. It followed that success with two perfect A+ scores for 2008 and 2009.  In addition to its system security requirements, FISMA directs Federal departments to identify IT and privacy risks intrinsic to each of its systems, develop ways to mitigate those risks, and report results of ongoing system assessments to OMB. TSA has led DHS components in adherence to these compliance requirements despite having one of the largest inventories of systems in DHS.  Insight’s John Zobel serves as lead Certification and Accreditation and cyber security expert within the IT Security Office at TSA.  The IT Security Office plays a vital role in educating program managers about security measures, Federal mandates, and government-wide best practices to secure agency data. John Zobel’s outstanding efforts at TSA to ensure FISMA compliance were recognized as “significantly contributing to this continued information security success for TSA.” 

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