In the agreement Federal CIOs will use 116 security controls for FISMA low certifications and 291 security controls for FISMA high.

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The FISMA standard does not cover top-secret data, which will continue to be treated separately, but instead the other 80% to 90% of government data.

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While the FISMA accreditation did not particularly advance Google's existing security policies, company officials said, it did improve them by bringing them to regular standards of use.

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Google, in announcing Monday what it calls "Google Apps for Government, " said it has gained certification and accreditation under the terms of Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) from the U.S. government.

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The ATOs are processed in accordance with NIST 800-37 and 800-53 (rev 3) and can be accepted by any federal agency for cloud storage, virtual machines, and web hosting at the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) Moderate Impact Level or lower.

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