Overview[]
The DoD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP) is the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) process to ensure that risk management is applied on information systems (IS). DIACAP defines a DoD-wide formal and standard set of activities, general tasks and a management structure process for the certification and accreditation (C&A) of a DoD IS that will maintain the information assurance (IA) posture throughout the system's life cycle.
External resources[]
- DoD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP) (DoD Instruction No. 8510.01) (Nov. 28, 2007) (full-text).