Overview

A strict requirement for federal contractors - including DoD contractors - is developing a wide-range of information security and privacy policies and procedures for today’s growing federal and DoD specific compliance reporting. Essentially all notable compliance reporting regulations - FISMA, FedRAMP, eMASS RMF, CMMC, NIST 800-71, and others - require adherence to none other than the gold-standard of information security - the NIST 800-53 publication.

Per NIST SP 800-53, “Security controls are the safeguards or countermeasures employed within a system or an organization to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system and its information and to manage information security risk. Privacy controls are the administrative, technical, and physical safeguards employed within a system or an organization to manage privacy risks and to ensure compliance with applicable privacy requirements.”

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Reporting Requirements

Within NIST SP 800-53, every control family begins with a strict requirement to develop written policies and procedures for that very specific control. With twenty (20) control families within NIST SP 800-53, revision 5, the importance of information security and privacy policies and procedures is quite clear. Additionally, each of the twenty (20) control families have requirements for additional policies, procedures, programs, and plans - even furthering the need for well-written NIST RMF documentation.

Key Elements of a Successful Set of NIST RMF Security and Privacy Policies and Procedures

NIST SP 800 Driven Approach
One-for-One Match to Control Families
Policy Writing for Additional Control Requirements
Highly Customized Policies
Testing Plans and Programs

And regardless of industry, size, or sector, federal contractors will need to have in place significant documentation relating to incident response, configuration management, contingency planning, data privacy and more. Development of such programs can often require an immense amount of time - all the more reason for using our industry leading NIST RMF information security and privacy policies and procedures.

How to Get Started

Start by downloading our world-class NIST RMF Security and Privacy Policies and Procedures templates at the Arlington Security Portal (ASP).

How Arlington Can Help

We have years of experience working within the broader federal agency apparatus in helping federal contractors develop high-quality, well-written, policies and procedures and additional NIST RMF information security and privacy materials. Our NIST RMF information security and privacy policies, procedures, programs, and plans have been used by thousands of federal contractors in helping organizations develop customized documentation for their growing security and compliance needs.