The Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014
Pub.L. 113-283 S. 2521; commonly referred to as FISMA Reform) was signed into federal law by President
Barack Obama
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on December 18, 2014. Passed as a response to the increasing amount of
cyber attacks on the federal government, it amended existing laws to enable the federal government to better respond to cyber attacks on departments and agencies.
An earlier version of the legislation was proposed by
House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman
Darrell Issa
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and co-sponsored by the Committee's Ranking Member
Elijah Cummings
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as H.R.1163 Federal Information Security Amendments Act of 2013. The bill was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on a vote of 416–0.
The final version of the legislation was introduced to the
by
Thomas Carper
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(
D–
DE) on June 24, 2014 and passed December 8, 2014 in the Senate and December 10, 2014 in the House.
References
External links
NIST Special Publications LibraryNIST FISMA Implementation Project Home PageOMB MemorandaDHS Directives (including Binding Operational Directives and Emergency Directives)FISMApedia ProjectFISMA Resources
Acts of the 113th United States Congress
Information Security Management Information security management (ISM) defines and manages controls that an organization needs to implement to ensure that it is sensibly protecting the confidentiality, availability, and integrity of assets from threats and vulnerabilities. The cor ...
United States federal computing legislation
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