What Guidance Identifies Federal Information Security Controls? PII is often confidential or highly sensitive, and breaches of that type can have significant impacts on the government and the public. -G'1F 6{q]]h$e7{)hnN,kxkFCbi]eTRc8;7.K2odXp@ |7N{ba1z]Cf3cnT.0i?21A13S{ps+M 5B}[3GVEI)/:xh eNVs4}jVPi{MNK=v_,^WwiC5xP"Q^./U The Office of Management and Budget memo identifies federal information security controls and provides guidance for agency budget submissions for fiscal year 2015. FISCAM is also consistent with National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) guidelines for complying with the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA). Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Defense, including the National Security Agency, for identifying an information system as a national security system. Official websites use .gov However, implementing a few common controls will help organizations stay safe from many threats. The document explains the importance of protecting the confidentiality of PII in the context of information security and explains its relationship to privacy using the the Fair Information Practices, which are the principles . [CDATA[/* >