NSA certifies vendors to help agencies test security

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By Willliam Jackson 
GCN Staff
03/18/02

The National Security Agency has cleared seven companies to take part
in a program to help agencies and private industry evaluate their
information security.

The Infosec Assessment Training and Rating Program validates companies
qualified to assess information security. The companies were evaluated
against NSA's Infosec Assessment Capability Maturity Model. The
participating companies use either NSA's Infosec Assessment
Methodology or similar techniques.

IATRP is intended to help agencies comply with Presidential Decision
Directive 63 and other regulations that call for agencies to conduct
vulnerability assessments on information systems. Participating
companies can provide training in the Infosec Assessment Methodology
and are rated so customers can decide whether a provider meets its
needs.

The participating companies are Backbone Security.com Inc. of East
Stroudsburg, Pa.; Booz, Allen & Hamilton Inc. of McLean, Va.; Computer
Sciences Corp.; Electronic Data Systems Corp.; Lucent Technologies
Inc. of Murray Hill, N.J.; SRA International Inc. of Arlington, Va.;  
and TrustWave Corp. of Annapolis, Md.



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