GreatThinker GFC, one of the numerous federal agencies in Washington DC that has to adopt those minimum set of security controls developed by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to protect their information and information systems. The NIST developed the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 200, containing minimum security requirements for Federal Information and Information Systems, specifies the minimum security requirements for federal information and information systems in seventeen security-related areas. Federal agencies must meet the minimum security requirements defined in FIPS 200 through the use of the security controls in NIST Special Publication 800-53, Recommended Security Controls for Federal Information
