Framework

FISMA is the US Government Federal Information Security Management Act. It was passed by congress and signed into law in December of 2002 as part of the E-Government Act in order to address the issue of the information security of all US Government agencies. The US Government agency NIST, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, provides a framework to aid agencies in implementing the programs for compliance with FISMA in the form of several standards, requirements, guidelines and recommendations documents.