NIST SP800-53 Rev. 3: Key to Unified Security Across Federal Government and Private Sectors

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Standards also provide a basis for demonstrating due care and diligence in fulfilling our fiduciary responsibilities to stakeholders. Read full story Related News: Next-Generation Firewall Service - What are the necessary pieces here? role of next-generation firewall in tomorrow's borderless networksWell, the reality is that view that we have of anything as next-generation is a moving target. our view for that entity changes over time, largely fueled by innovation (and in some ways the service packaging). Microsoft wants ISO security certification for its Cloud services Microsoft Corp. wants to get its suite of hosted messaging and collaboration products certified to the ISO 27001 international information security standard, part of an effort to assure customers about the security of its cloud computing services. 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