NASA's FISMA stance stirs up a debate

NASA's top cybersecurity official raised a few eyebrows and won a lot of fans last month when he said the cost of complying with the Federal Information Security Management Act was not a good investment. Many cybersecurity experts cheered Davis, suggesting that he spoke aloud what a lot of government officials have been thinking for some time. But numerous FCW readers see it as a dangerous precedent that ignores the real value of the certification and accreditation process. Here is a sampling of the comments we received.

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