Learn in the textbookReporting Systems and Public Support Organizations
DefinitionISMAP (Information system Security Management and Assessment Program) is a scheme that assesses cloud services in advance for use by government bodies and lists those meeting the standards in a register.
ExplanationIn the assessment, an audit body registered with ISMAP checks that controls matching the government's security requirements are actually in operation. Because ministries in principle choose from services in the register, they spend less effort checking safety separately each time they procure.
AnalogyIt is like a government office buying supplies from a list of vendors that have already passed screening.
Memory hookMAP stands for Management and Assessment Program, so you can read it as a scheme that assesses how things are managed.