Certification & Accreditation Services (C&A)

  • National Institute of Standards and Technologies (NIST)
    • Initiation Phase
      • ALIAS Provides all necessary efforts to prepare for and to successfully accomplish this phase of a C&A.
    • Certification Phase
      • ALIAS Provides all Certification Authority activities
    • Accreditation Phase
      • ALIAS Performs all Presentations to Designated Approval Authorities (DAA) or other Authorizing Officials (AO)
      • ALIAS Gets the "Authorization to Operate" (ATO)
    • Continuous Monitoring Phase
      • ALIAS Performs all necessary Monitoring, Testing, and Training, to successfully satisfy all requirements.
  • National Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (NIACAP)
    • Definition Phase
    • Verification Phase
    • Validation Phase
    • Post accreditation Phase
  • DoD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP)