(forw) Announcing Release of NIST Special Publication 800-60

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June 10, 2004 --
The National Institute of Standards and Technology today published NIST 
Special Publication 800-60, Guide for Mapping Types of Information and 
Information Systems to Security Categories. NIST Special Publication 800-60 
is one of several key documents being developed by NIST to support the 
implementation of the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) 
of 2002. The purpose of the guideline is to assist Federal government 
agencies in identifying information types and information systems and 
assigning impact levels for confidentiality, integrity, and availability. 
Impact levels are based on the security categorization definitions in FIPS 
199. Special Publication 800-60 is posted in two volumes. Volume I provides 
guidelines for identifying impact levels by type and suggests management 
and support information types common to multiple agencies. Volume II 
includes examples of mission-based information types and suggests 
provisional impact levels for both management and support and mission-based 
information types. Rationale for impact level recommendations, exceptions 
to recommended levels, and legislative and regulatory requirements for 
protection of specific information types are also provided in Volume II. 
NIST Special Publication 800-60 is available on the CSRC Special 
Publications page. A complete description of the NIST FISMA Implementation 
Project is also available.

URL for Special Publication 800-60 Volume I and II:
http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/#sp800-60

URL for the NIST FISMA Implementation Project is:
http://csrc.nist.gov/sec-cert/


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