Daffod is an American cloud service provider that provides cloud-based services to customers worldwide. Several customers are adopting the cloud…

The Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) is a United States federal law enacted in 2002 that requires federal agencies to develop, document, and implement an agency-wide program for information security. Its purpose is to protect government information, operations, and assets against threats, which directly aligns with the "economic and national security interests of the US" mentioned in the scenario. Cloud service providers that handle federal data, or wish to demonstrate a high level of security, often seek FISMA compliance.

A. FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) is a federal law that protects the privacy of student education records.
B. The CLOUD Act pertains to law enforcement's ability to compel US-based tech companies to provide requested data, regardless of where it is stored.
D. ECPA (Electronic Communications Privacy Act) protects electronic communications from unauthorized interception and access, focusing on privacy rather than a management framework.

- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). (n.d.). Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) Implementation Project. Computer Security Resource Center. Retrieved from https://csrc.nist.gov/projects/fisma-implementation-project. (The project overview states its goal is to produce security standards and guidelines required by the act.)

- U.S. Congress. (2002). E-Government Act of 2002, Public Law 107-347. Title III of this act is the Federal Information Security Management Act. (The text outlines the requirements for federal agencies to secure their information systems.)