FISMA and the Risk Management Framework

Acknowledgements

I would like to thank Dan Philpott for conceiving and proposing the book project and for his tireless efforts working to stay abreast of activity and publications coming out of FISMA implementation and other federal security initiatives. I am grateful for the expert support from the Syngress/Elsevier team throughout the long process of bringing this project to fruition, including Angelina Ward, Matt Cater, Steve Elliot, Chris Katsaropoulos, and Meagan White. Thanks also go to Darren Windham for his constructive feedback and technical edits on the book.

I owe a professional debt of gratitude to many of the career civil servants with whom I have worked over the years, particularly including former HHS Deputy CIO John Teeter, HHS ...