"When people are highly motivated, it's easy to accomplish the impossible.
And when they're not, it's impossible to accomplish the easy." ? Bob Collings.
"If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, you'll be amazed at
the results." ? Gen. George Patton.
"Praise does wonders for the sense of hearing." ? Unknown.
_______________________________________________________________
1. NIST is pleased to announce the release of Draft Special Publication
800-53A, "Guide for Assessing the Security Controls in Federal Information
Systems".
_______________________________________________________________
The second public draft of NIST Special Publication 800-53A, Guide for
Assessing the Security Controls in Federal Information Systems is now available
for public comment at the draft publications page. The document provides a
comprehensive listing of methods and procedures to assess the effectiveness of
security controls in federal information systems. Assessment procedures have
been developed for each security control and control enhancement in NIST
Special Publication 800-53 with the rigor and intensity of assessments aligned
with the impact levels in FIPS 199.
To learn more about this draft document and others visit the CSRC Drafts page
-- (the link is provided below):
http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/drafts.html#sp800-53A
2. Competency Framework and Map for the CMA Profession.
A very interesting paper - do you know your competencies?
www.cma-
canada.org/multimedia/CMA_Canada/Document_Library/Attachments/Compete
ncyMap05.pdf
Enjoy,
Dan
________________________________________________
www.securitybenchmark.com
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Dans_SECemails/
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Dans_CCCemails/
The 2006 Mid Canada Information Technology Conference
www.midcanitc.com
The Vital Need For Quality Internal Auditing
www.complianceweek.com/index.cfm?
fuseaction=article.viewArticle&article_ID=2447
_______________________________________________
---------------------------------
Blab-away for as little as 1¢/min. Make PC-to-Phone Calls using Yahoo!
Messenger with Voice.
