NIACAP was derived from the Department of Defense Certification and Accreditation Process (DITSCAP), and it played a key role in the National Information Assurance Partnership.
22 also states that "The CNSS intends to adopt National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issuances where applicable.
Additional CNSS issuances will occur only when the needs of NSS are not sufficiently addressed in a NIST document.
Annex B identifies the guidance documents, which includes NIST Special Publications (SP), for establishing an organization-wide risk management program."
It directs the organization to make use of NIST Special Publication 800-37, which implies that the Risk management framework (RMF) STEP 6 – AUTHORIZE INFORMATION SYSTEM replaces the Certification and Accreditation process for National Security Systems, just as it did for all other areas of the Federal government who fall under SP 800-37 Rev.