Minimum Security Requirements for Federal Information and Information Systems

National Institute of Standards and Technology

doi:https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.FIPS.200

FIPS 200

Minimum Security Requirements for Federal Information and Information Systems

Documentation Topics

Date Published: March 2006

Supersedes: SP 800-26 (11/01/2001)

Planning Note (3/17/2023): Send inquiries about this publication to sec-cert@nist.gov.

Author(s)

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Abstract

FIPS 200 is the second standard that was specified by the Information Technology Management Reform Act of 1996 (FISMA). It is an integral part of the risk management framework that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed to assist federal agencies in providing levels of information security based on levels of risk. FIPS 200 specifies minimum security requirements for federal information and information systems and a risk-based process for selecting the security controls necessary to satisfy the minimum requirements.

Keywords

risk-assessment; security controls; security requirements

Control Families

Access Control; Audit and Accountability; Awareness and Training; Assessment, Authorization and Monitoring; Configuration Management; Contingency Planning; Identification and Authentication; Incident Response; Maintenance; Media Protection; Personnel Security; Physical and Environmental Protection; Planning; Risk Assessment; System and Communications Protection; System and Information Integrity; System and Services Acquisition

Documentation

Publication:
FIPS 200 (DOI)
Local Download

Supplemental Material:
None available

Related NIST Publications:
FIPS 199

Document History:
03/01/06: FIPS 200 (Final)

Topics

Security and Privacy
audit & accountability; planning; risk management

Laws and Regulations
E-Government Act; Federal Information Security Modernization Act; Homeland Security Presidential Directive 7; OMB Circular A-130