DoD - Certification and Accreditation

"...The problem with certification and accreditation is that it is inefficient often taking months to do thousands of hours and millions of dollars.  Since there is so much documentation involved and coordination its often ignored or not done thoroughly.  

The certification and accreditation process has been automated (somewhat) with online databases and there has been a move to do away with C&A all together and move to a risk management framework.  ...."

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