Increasing amount of data regulations are being legislated to protect constituents from cyber threats. Government institutions, however, utilize a treasure chest of personal information themselves for e-government initiatives, productive governance, and employee management, to name a few. Therefore they are required to meet the same security requirements. When data is compromised, government offices are harshly rebuked. To appease constituents’ expectations for security and positive governance, offices must implement compliant controls from an experienced IT government provider.

Increased exposure and bad publicity generated from data compromise has served to promote improvements in IT security, as local governments and municipalities are adopting state and federal security policies. Coalfire’s IT security assessment services are founded upon these state and federal regulations as well as IT security best-practices. Our experience providing security assessment service at the local level includes cities, counties, airports, public utilities, and port authorities, to name a few.

The various departments, administrations and agencies of state government, combined with notorious bureaucratic complexity, make regulatory compliance for security systems a significant challenge. Coalfire provides a mature project management approach to facilitate the complexities of state government. Our client history in providing IT security solutions includes the states of Oklahoma, California, Colorado, and Florida, among others. By tailoring our service and testing methodology to the size and complexity of your organization, we create a proficient and cost-effective solution to your IT security issues.

The Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) places requirements on government agencies with the goal of strengthening federal information and information systems. FISMA is a risk-based Act which promotes accountability at the Chief Information Officer (CIO) level. Coalfire’s government background and experience supporting CIO’s with IT security initiatives allows us to drive compliance to FISMA requirements and mitigate the complexities of federal government. Our effective and balanced IT governance program has successfully completed more than 1,500 IT risk management projects to help commercial and government organizations achieve regulatory compliance. Coalfire is a recognized leader in IT risk management planning. We encourage the participation of multiple agencies and departments within the federal government sector to ensure thorough and efficient implementation.

Contractors are being asked to comply with the same regulations of which Governments must comply. But lacking guidance from FAR (Federal Acquisition Regulation), contractors design contracts that are incompatible and inefficient with regulations. Coalfire ensures your government project runs efficiently and smoothly by maintaining a flexible and accommodating contracting model. As subcontractor, we support bidding and administrative duties to reduce the project management requirements of the master contractor. We are one of the few, if not only, Qualified Security Assessors (QSA) and Approved Scan Vendors (ASV) to possess master contracts with State and Local governments. Coalfire has jointly supported varying government entities, such as cities, counties, and airports, with successful PCI-relevant engagements.

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