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Assured Compliance Assessment Solution (ACAS) is a software set of information security tools used for vulnerability scanning and risk assessment by agencies of the United States Department of Defense (DoD). [1] It performs automated vulnerability scanning and device configuration assessment.
The Computer Security Act of 1987, Public Law No. 100-235 (H.R. 145), (Jan. 8, 1988), is a United States federal law enacted in 1987. It is intended to improve the security and privacy of sensitive information in federal computer systems and to establish minimally acceptable security practices for such systems.
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The national security community responded to the challenges in two ways: the Office of the Secretary of Defense commissioned a study of the policy and technical issues associated with securing computer systems, while ARPA funded the development of a prototype secure operating system that could process and protect classified information.
3D0X3 – Cyber Surety [11] (IA which includes COMSEC, EMSEC, and COMPUSEC) 3D0X4 – Computer Systems Programming; 3D1X1 – Client Systems [12] 3D1X2 – Cyber Transport Systems [13] 3D1X2R – Data Links; 3D1X3 – RF Transmission Systems [14] 3D1X4 – Spectrum Operations [15] 3D1X7 – Cable and antenna systems [16]
Categorize the information system and the data it processes, stores, and transmits, based on an impact analysis. [6] [7] [8] Select a baseline set of security controls for the information system based on its security categorization. Tailor and supplement the baseline controls as needed, based on an organizational risk assessment and specific ...
The standard requires effective security measures that protect sensitive (personal) data and other assets, such as command and control data. It also requires that security vulnerabilities in the software have been eliminated, security principles, such as defense-in-depth have been followed, and the security of the software has been verified ...