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As a part of an effort to help untangle compliance initiatives, a popular request on the federal side is FISMA (Federal Information Systems Management Act) Compliance and support for the Risk Management Framework (RMF). In this post, I’ll outline what FISMA compliance is, we’ll walk through FISMA bit-by-bit, and we’ll talk…
By Paul Parker, SolarWinds Federal & National Government Chief Technologist Here is an article from Federal Technology Insider on securing medical device networks, in which I was interviewed about how customers are using our tools to help with this issue. Connected devices have been an integral part of the healthcare world…
When it comes to the technical aspects of PCI DSS, HIPAA, SOX, and other regulatory frameworks, the goals are often the same: to protect the privacy and security of sensitive data. But the motivators for businesses to comply with these regulatory schemes varies greatly. Penalties for Noncompliance Regulatory Compliance…
Last week we hosted a webcast entitled "Achieving and Maintaining Federal Compliance". For those of you that are new to this subject, compliance management or policy management is the process of ensuring that your IT department is complying to the rules and standards that have either been mandated to them by a governing…
Information security is important to every organization, but when it comes to government agencies, security can be considered the priority. A breach or loss of information held by federal agencies can lead to major consequences that can even affect the national and economic security of the nation. The Defense Information…
I was surfing through some youtube.com videos yesterday and one of the ads that popped up was from Juniper Networks. They were asking various people about their frustrations about IT. The first several folks mentioned complexity of technology and cost. The next 5-8 people mentioned they had a lack of time for developing…
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