Security Forms and Templates

The links for security and privacy forms and templates listed below have been divided by functional areas to better assist you in locating specific forms associated with security and/or privacy related activities that are described elsewhere in the NCI IT Security Website.

Categorize System and Select Controls (FISMA Starter Kit)

• FIPS-199 System Categorization (FIPS-199) 
  • NIST SP 800-60 Volume 1 (Mapping Guidelines)
  • NIST SP 800-60 Volume 2 (Information Types w/ provisional security impact level assignments)
• e-Authentication Risk Analysis
• Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA)
• NCI Business Impact Analysis (BIA)

Implement Controls 

System Security Plans (SSPs)

• • FISMA Moderate SSP (for systems categorized as Moderate only)

• • FISMA Low SSP (for systems categorized as Low only)

System Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) templates

• • NCI Identity and Access Management
  • NCI Audit Management
  • NCI System Physical and Environmental Control
  • NIH IT General Rules of Behavior (RoB)

Configuration management

• • • Configuration Management Plan
    • NIH Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
    • Interconnection Security Agreement (ISA)
    • HHS/NIH Department Standard Warning Banner

Contingency planning and disaster recovery templates

• • • NIH Contingency Plan
    • NIH Contingency Test Plan and After-Action Report

Incident response planning templates 

• • • NIH Incident Response Plan
    • NIH Incident Response Plan Test

 Assess Controls 

• Security Assessment Plan (SAP)
• Security Assessment Report (SAR)
• Plan of action and milestones (POA&M)

Authorize System

• Authority To Operate Letter (ATO)

Monitor System

• Security Impact Analysis (SIA)