Federal Information Security Management Act Law and Legal Definition
The Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 (FISMA) is a United States federal law enacted in 2002 that defines a comprehensive framework to protect government information, operations and assets against natural or man-made threats.
The FISMA acknowledged the importance of information security to the economic and national security interests of the U. S. The FISMA calls for each federal agency to develop, document, and implement an agency-wide program to provide information security for the information and information systems that support the operations and assets of the agency, including those provided or managed by another agency, contractor, or other source.
Legal Definition list
- Federal Indian Reservation
- Federal Income Tax
- Federal Implementation Plan [Pollution Prevention]
- Federal Housing Finance Board
- Federal Housing Finance Agency
- Federal Information Security Management Act
- Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
- Federal Insurance Contribution Act FICA
- Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) Tax
- Federal Intergovernmental Mandate
- Federal Judge
