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FISMA Compliance and Its EU Parallels
A short primer on FISMA compliance for US-adjacent teams, and how it maps to EU frameworks.
FISMA compliance is the US federal baseline for information security. If you work with US agencies or partners, it will show up — and it rhymes with what EU teams already do.
What FISMA requires
The Federal Information Security Modernization Act requires federal agencies and their contractors to secure information systems using NIST standards, notably the Risk Management Framework (RMF) and the controls in NIST SP 800-53.
The EU parallel
If you already run an ISO 27001 information security management system, much of the underlying discipline — risk assessment, control selection, continuous monitoring — carries over directly.
Where this fits
For the EU equivalents, read ISO 27001 and cybersecurity risk management.