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« An In-Depth look Into Windows Security in 2003 \| Main \| Veradys hires Dan Geer » December 23, 2003 NIST releases Guidelines for Mapping Types of Information and Information Systems to Security Categories NIST has completed the first draft of Special Publication 800-60, Guide for Mapping Types of Information and Information Systems to Security Categories. The purpose of the draft 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, which I talked about back in September. The document comes in two volumes: Volume 1: provides guidelines for identifying impact levels by type and suggests impact levels for administrative and support information common to multiple agencies. Volume 2: includes rationale for information type and impact level recommendations and examples of recommendations for agency-specific mission related information. A goal of this document is to independently define the impact level, that is, determine the impact level without considering countermeasures or controls. If you wish to comment on the draft, NIST requests that you do so by February 20, 2004. You can send them an email at 800-60_comments@nist.gov Happy reading! Posted by SilverStr at December 23, 2003 08:28 AM \| TrackBack		My 5 Favorite Books Writing Secure Code Secure Programming Cookbook Security Engineering Secure Coding Principles & Practice Inside the Security Mind My 5 Favorite Papers Smashing the Stack Penetration Studies Covert Channel Analysis of Trusted Systems DoD Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria NSA Security Recommendation Guides Archives October 2007 September 2007 August 2007 July 2007 June 2007 May 2007 April 2007 March 2007 February 2007 January 2007 December 2006 November 2006 October 2006 September 2006 August 2006 July 2006 June 2006 May 2006 April 2006 March 2006 February 2006 January 2006 December 2005 November 2005 October 2005 September 2005 August 2005 July 2005 June 2005 May 2005 April 2005 March 2005 February 2005 January 2005 December 2004 November 2004 October 2004 September 2004 August 2004 July 2004 June 2004 May 2004 April 2004 March 2004 February 2004 January 2004 December 2003 November 2003 October 2003 September 2003 August 2003 July 2003 June 2003 May 2003 April 2003 March 2003 February 2003 January 2003 December 2002 November 2002 October 2002 September 2002 August 2002 July 2002 GeoURL

December 23, 2003

NIST releases Guidelines for Mapping Types of Information and Information Systems to Security Categories