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Unraveling FISMA - Cybersecurity With Regulatory Frameworks

Online
1.5-3 hours
Free

Course Content

This free online course explains all of the Federal Information Security Modernization Act's essential aspects. The US Government introduced the Federal Information Security Modernization Act in 2002 to protect its precious data. With this Cybersecurity Regulatory Framework Course, students can examine this regulation closely, understand its implications, and learn to perform the FISMA audit. The steps of ensuring compliance with FISMA are also discussed, and a comparison between an equally important federal regulation known as FedRAMP is made.

Course Details

CollegeAlison
Course ID195886
Course TypeOnline Learning
Course QualificationCPD Certificate
Course Duration1.5-3 hours
Course FeeFree
Entry RequirementsLike all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary.

At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives.

Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone.
Career PathWhat You Will Learn In This Free Course
• Recognize the renowned cybersecurity frameworks and guidelines used globally
• Explain the relation between the NIST framework and FISMA
• Outline the processes involved in applying FISMA requirements to an organization
• Discuss both the categories of FedRAMP compliance in detail
• Outline the importance of data security in government and non-government organizations
• Indicate the steps required to prepare an organization for FISMA audit
• State the differences between FISMA certification and FedRAMP
• List the parameters on which an organization should choose between FISMA or FedRAMP
• Distinguish between FISMA and FedRAMP on various grounds
• Describe what FISMA is and how an organization achieves FISMA compliance
Course Code7032

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