Certification and Accreditation Vs System Development Life Cycle Management

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Published April 2018

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In 1987 the US Congress passed the Computer Security of 1987 Public Law (PL) 100-235. This particular law launched one of the first technological control mandates that has exploded over the years in identifying the need to control technology in the protection of the information that is processed, stored, transmitted and received in electronic form.

These protective measures have been encapsulated into various procedures such as the Certification and Accreditation of Information Systems based on various Life Cycle Management descriptions. Both expressions have the basic results with plus or minus an accurate description based on the various steps that are the same with different titles.