Letter: Know what the IG wants to get a good grade

  • Mar 25, 2008
Regarding "Agencies find keys to FISMA," a reader writes: Anyone who has been through the FISMA reporting cycle more than once has figured out that the key to a good "grade" is to figure
out what the IG is going to use to measure compliance and work like hell on that. Extras are nice, especially if they have some effect on information security.

Anonymous


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