Certification and Accreditation (C&A) is the culminating step in the process of finding an appropriate balance between acceptable levels of risk and costs of operating an information system. This process is widely used in the federal government and international commercial industry. It is a systematic method for analyzing, testing and authorizing an information system to operate within a desirable security framework. C&A provides information to the system owner to determine whether the risks involved in running a system outweigh the benefits received from it.

Taranet evaluates the technical and non-technical security features of an IT system for compliance with security requirements and assesses operating risk. We test data protection levels, applications, networks, and facilities.

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Certification and Accreditation