Certification and Accreditation (C&A)

Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) Compliance Review

Computer Incident Response Team (CIRT)

Independent Validation & Verification (IV&V)

Penetration and Vulnerability Testing

Continuity of Operation Planning

Web Security and Monitoring

GNS provides objective, independent, knowledgeable, rigorous, and in-depth review and analysis of IT security policy and system documentation, IT security program management issues, as well as IT Certification and Accreditation for sensitive-but-unclassified and classified national security systems.

This support consists of assistance with the review and evaluation of operating unit IT security program management and planning practices for compliance with government security program policies, including Certification and Accreditation package documentation (IT security plans, risk assessments, continuity of operations plans, security control tests, and other related IT security documents).

Our support also entails infrastructure protection which consists of incident reporting and tracking, basic incident handling and support, and advance incident handling support. We also assist in the development and maintenance of system Certification and Accreditation packages.