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Standards for Security Categorization of Federal Information and Information Systems

Published

Author(s)

Ronald S. Ross, Marianne M. Swanson

Abstract

The purpose of this document is to provide a standard for categorizing federal information and information systems according to an agency's level of concern for confidentiality, integrity, and availability and the potential impact on agency assets and operations should their information and information systems be compromised through unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction.
Citation
Federal Inf. Process. Stds. (NIST FIPS) - 199
Report Number
199

Keywords

classification, Federal information, Federal information systems, FIPS, security

Citation

Ross, R. and Swanson, M. (2004), Standards for Security Categorization of Federal Information and Information Systems, Federal Inf. Process. Stds. (NIST FIPS), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.FIPS.199 (Accessed March 28, 2024)
Created February 1, 2004, Updated November 10, 2018