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DRAFT AGENDA

Focus on FISMA Training Workshop — Getting Beyond the Paperwork
When:

December 2, 2003
7:30AM — 5:00PM
Where: Ronald Reagan Building
1300 Pennsylvania Ave, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004
Agenda
7:30 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 AM

Opening Speaker — "What Congress Expects"
The Honorable Tom Davis, Chair of the House Government Reform Committee, and FISMA Author

Learn about FISMA, why it was developed and enacted, and what kind of congressional oversight can be expected to ensure FISMA is the tool used to manage and secure government information.
9:15 AM

Brief Overview — "What does FISMA as a public law really say?"
Speaker to be Named

What is really expected and required of you and your agency?
9:45 AM

The Office of Budget and Management
Speaker to be Named

OMB executive will discuss the OMB FISMA guidance, the role of OMB in coordinating information management across government, and executive branch expectations on FISMA compliance. What are the top 10 issues surrounding FISMA and top 10 mistakes you don't want to make?
10:45 AM

Break

11:00 AM

National Institute of Standards and Technology — "The Nuts and Bolts of FISMA Compliance"
Marianne Swanson, Computer Security Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Ms. Swanson will discuss the system standards that will be set to address uniformity in FISMA compliance across government agency and departmental boundaries and what NIST is doing under their new authority.
12:00 Noon

Lunch

1:15 PM

FISMA Compliance: A Step by Step Guide and the Best Practices That Already Exist
Mr. Ted Shelkey
, CISM, United States Attorneys Office, Department of Justice
Rudy Mazariegos, CISO, Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Moderator: Ken Ammon, President, NetSec

A Practitioners' Perspective on FISMA Compliance — Lessons learned by Federal Information Systems Security Officers (ISSO) and strategies to comply with FISMA and achieve meaningful reduction in risk. The session will address challenges faced by large federal organizations as well smaller independent agencies. Presentations and discussion will be provided by ISSOs who are building IT security programs in federal agencies.
2:30 PM Break
2:45 PM

Private Sector SME — Technologies, Methodologies, and Processes That Can Help You
Ken Ammon, President, NetSec

"FISMA Challenges and Technologies That Can Help You Now" — Former NSA security expert will walk you through the tools and technologies that can help you address the emerging vulnerabilities to security. How can you meet deadlines, choose the right technologies, be cost effective, and meet all the demands of the new regulations and standards?
3:45 PM Break
4:00 PM

The General Accounting Office and Congress — "'Gotcha' or Disciplined Oversight?"
Panel Discussion: Melissa Wojciak, Staff Director, House Government Reform Committee
General Accounting Office (Speaker to be named)

Learn from senior congressional staff and GAO about the direction Congress will take in overseeing FISMA compliance, including the audit process, congressional hearings, reporting requirements, and the review process.
5:00 PM Closing

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