Joint Task Force Transformation Initiative

The Joint Task Force Transformation Initiative (JTFTI) is an Interagency Working Group working to produce a Unified Information Security Framework for the federal government. The JTFTI is made up of representatives from the Civil, Defense, and Intelligence Communities.

The Project Leader is Ron Ross of NIST.

Core Documents

The JTFTI Interagency Working Group is reviewing and revising the current core NIST FISMA guidance documents to produce documents which will apply to the three domains of Information Assurance practice in the US federal government. The core JTFTI documents are:

NIST Special Publication 800-30, Revision 1 Risk Management Guide for Information Technology Systems
NIST Special Publication 800-37, Revision 1 Guide for Applying the Risk Management Framework to Federal Information Systems: A Security Life Cycle Approach
NIST Special Publication 800-39, Enterprise-Wide Risk Management: Organization, Mission, and Information Systems View
NIST Special Publication 800-53, Revision 3 Recommended Security Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations
NIST Special Publication 800-53A, Revision 1 Guide for Assessing the Security Controls in Federal Information Systems and Organizations: Building Effective Assessment Plans

Senior Leadership Team

The Senior Leadership Team is the executive group which has provided the resources and vision necessary to make the Joint Task Force Transformation Initiative possible.

U.S. Department of Defense

Cheryl J. Roby: Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and Information Integration/ DoD Chief Information Officer

Gus Guissanie: Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber, Identity, and Information Assurance

Dominic Cussatt: Senior Policy Advisor

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Cita M. Furlani: Director, Information Technology Laboratory

William C. Barker: Chief, Computer Security Division

Ron Ross: FISMA Implementation Project Leader

Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Honorable Priscilla Guthrie: Intelligence Community Chief Information Officer

Sherrill Nicely: Deputy Intelligence Community Chief Information Officer

Mark J. Morrison: Deputy Associate Director of National Intelligence for IC Information Assurance

Roger Caslow: Lead, C&A Transformation

Committee on National Security Systems

Cheryl J. Roby: Acting Chair, Committee on National Security Systems

Eustace D. King: CNSS Subcommittee Co-Chair (DoD)

William Hunteman: CNSS Subcommittee Co-Chair (DoE)