Case studies and examples
Despite my best efforts, it’s not easy to locate organizations telling their story of implementing the NIST RMF. In fact, I was only able to locate one – the University of Florida. Our case study focuses on an implementation at the University of Florida. This was discussed at the NIST High-Performance Computing Workshop in 2018. The case study, titled Applying NIST Risk Management Framework to Controlled Unclassified Information on High-Performance Computing (HPC), focuses on the application of the NIST RMF to manage risks associated with controlled unclassified information (CUI) in a high-performance computing environment.
You can read about it here: https://www.nist.gov/system/files/documents/2018/03/28/erik_-_rmf-to-cui-for-hpc-lessons-deumens.pdf.
Here is a summary of the key points and the implementation process.
Background and context
Before we dive into the case study, we have to provide some context and background:
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