Information security for compliance with select agent regulations.

ABSTRACT: The past decade has seen a significant rise in research on high-consequence human and animal pathogens, many now known as "select agents." While physical security around these agents is tightly regulated, information security standards are still lagging. The understanding of the threats unique to the academic and research environment is still evolving, in part due to poor communication between the various stakeholders. Perhaps as a result, information security guidelines published by select agent regulators lack the critical details and directives needed to achieve even the lowest security level of the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA). While only government agencies are currently required to abide by the provisions of FISMA (unless specified as preconditions for obtainin

SUBMITTER: Lewis N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4486445 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature