Guide for developing security plans for federal ...

NIST Special Publication 800-18 Revision 1 Guide for developing security plans for federal Information Systems Marianne Swanson Joan Hash Pauline Bowen I N F O R M A T I O N S E C U R I T Y Computer security Division Information Technology Laboratory National Institute of Standards and Technology Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8930 February 2006 Department of Commerce Carlos , Secretary National Institute of Standards and Technology William Jeffrey, Director Guide for developing security plans for federal Information Systems Reports on Information Systems Technology The Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology promotes the United States economy and public welfare by providing technical leadership for the Nation's measurement and standards infrastructure. ITL develops tests, test methods, reference data, proof-of-concept implementations, and technical analyses to advance the development and productive use of information technology.

In order for the plans to adequately reflect the protection of the resources, a senior management official must authorize a system to operate. The authorization of a system to process information, granted by a management official, provides an important quality control. By authorizing processing in a system, the manager accepts its associated risk.

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