- The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Information Security (OIS) Enterprise Security Services (ESS) Line of Business (LoB) Division, established in 2011, was designated as a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Shared Service Center (SSC) for Information System Security Services.
- The purpose of this service is to support and facilitate the implementation of all mandates and guidance under the federal Risk Management Framework (RMF) solutions as identified by NIST 800-37 to:
- provide subject matter expertise in security accreditation and authorization
- reduce the cost of completing accreditation and authorization on systems across the Federal Government
- provide evaluation and validation of information system security risks to ensure compliance with NIST Special Publication (SP) regulations, policies and procedures
- comply with agency-defined frequencies for technical analysis of information system vulnerabilities
- HHS ESS Line of Business (LoB) provides a wide variety of services related to the following:
- Information System Security Officer (ISSO) Services
- Security Control Assessment (SCA) Services
- Security Consulting (SC) Services
- Information System Security Manager (ISSM) Services
- For more detail of our service offerings see Enterprise Security Services Line of Business Service Offering Presentation
- ESS LoB Points of contact;
- ESS LoB Director (Acting): Markeshia Gould (202) 836-2045
- ISSO Services Manager (Acting): Chelsea Ward (202) 868-9773
- ISSM Services Manager: Ricky Ford (301) 525-7322
- SCA Services Manager: Markeshia Gould (202) 836-2045.
- SCA inquiries should be sent to the SCA Mailbox scateam@hhs.gov
- Security Consulting Services Manager: Trish Hunter (301) 945-5548
Do you want to learn more? Contact esslob@hhs.gov or isslob@hhs.gov to explore how the ESS LoB Team can help you
