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FISMA’s main goal is to maintain the confidentiality
and integrity of federal agencies’ information systems. FISMA provides
“a comprehensive framework for ensuring the effectiveness of information
security controls over information resources that support Federal
Operations and assets.”
The federal government defines information security
as: “Protecting information and information systems from unauthorized
access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction...”
What specific
sensitive information must organizations safeguard under FISMA?
FISMA is intended particularly at the technicalities of
information security (i.e. processes, systems, and controls), rather
than at the information itself. Agencies complying with FISMA must
demonstrate they have put in place systems and controls that will
protect from unauthorized exposure any information deemed as sensitive,
on an agency-by-agency basis. Such information could be of a private,
medical, proprietary, financial, investigative, contractor sensitive, or
security management nature.
How GTB Technologies can
help demonstrate compliance:
The GTB suite has the ability to protect secured data stored, in use and at the endpoint. An organization with the
use of the GTB suite can discover sensitive information stored on
laptops, or servers or desktops across its enterprise, monitor this data
in motion, and prevent it from leaving the network or an endpoint by
accurately blocking unauthorized transmission. With GTB the organization can also
demonstrate compliance with Government regulations, (Federal, State and
local) and protect confidential employee and customer data to help
demonstrate compliance with other regulations such as PII, HIPAA, SOX
and the EU data directive.
GTB
Technologies provides comprehensive data loss prevention for any
organization that needs to act in accordance with Government compliance
regarding the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of sensitive
data.
Some of the many Advantages are:
Detection Accuracy: GTB’s AccuMatch™ detection suite, recognized as having
the highest accuracy in the industry.
Monitor and prevent sensitive data usage – Network &
Endpoint:
GTB Technologies provides the ability to monitor and block data loss on
ANY PROTOCOL (including email, IM, Web, Secure Web (HTTP over SSL), FTP,
P2P, and generic TCP. Endpoint protection includes storage devices such
as USB drives, CD/DVDs, etc.
Internal controls:
GTB Technologies
allows organizations to demonstrate internal controls to comply with
FISMA requirements. These requirements mandate the establishment,
documentation, and maintenance of electronic access to critical cyber
assets.
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