FIPS 199 (
Federal Information Processing Standard
The Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) of the United States are a set of publicly announced standards that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed for use in computer systems of non-military, America ...
Publication 199, Standards for Security Categorization of Federal Information and Information Systems) is a
United States Federal Government standard that establishes security categories of information systems used by the Federal Government, one component of risk assessment. FIPS 199 and
FIPS 200 are mandatory security standards as required by
FISMA.
FIPS 199 requires Federal agencies to assess their information systems in each of the confidentiality, integrity, and availability categories, rating each system as low, moderate, or high impact in each category. The most severe rating from any category becomes the information system's overall security categorization.
External links
* https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.FIPS.199
{{US-gov-stubhttps://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/fips/199/final. NIST link for FIPS 199.
Computer security standards