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NIST Releases Assessment Procedures for Enhanced Security Requirements

NIST has released Special Publication (SP) 800-172A, Assessing Enhanced Security Requirements for Controlled Unclassified Information, to support the protection of controlled unclassified information ...
Nextgov

NIST issues updated cyber guides focused on assessments and communication

Two new volumes were released by the National Institute of Standards and Technology that aim to broaden the publication’s applicability to organizations outside federal agencies. The National ...
JD Supra

NIST Releases Revised Cybersecurity Controls And Requirements For Protection Of Controlled Unclassified Information Resident In Contractor Information Technology Systems

On May 10, 2023, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”) released an Initial Public Draft of Revision 3 to NIST Special Publication (“SP”) 800-171, Protecting Controlled ...
Forbes

How Do You Measure Up? Using A Security Assessment As A Measuring Stick

During my conversations with company leaders, I'm often asked how security measures can be improved. Usually, they mean their information security program, but sometimes they mean physical security ...
Network World

NIST SP800-53 Rev. 3: Risk Management Framework Underpins the Security Life Cycle

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication (SP) SP 800-53 provides a unified information security framework to achieve information system security and effective risk ...
JD Supra

Cybersecurity Updates: NIST Publishes SP 800-171 Revision 3. What Changed, and What Comes Next?

In July 2022, NIST announced that it would update the series of publications concerning protecting controlled unclassified information (CUI). As part of updating the 800-171 publication, NIST ...
Nextgov

DOD Recommends NIST Align Frameworks for Cybersecurity Risk Management

It’s time the National Institute of Standards and Technology point to how organizations should be assessing the risk they’re associating with systems when deciding what security controls to implement ...
Homeland Security Today

NIST Releases Draft Enhanced Security Requirements for Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information

As part of ongoing efforts to strengthen the protections for securing controlled unclassified information (CUI) in nonfederal systems, NIST has released the following drafts for comment: Special ...
CSOonline

NIST CSF 2.0 Workshop emphasizes global appeal, metrics and assessment

The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) hosted its first workshop yesterday on the Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 2.0, an update to the CSF 1.1 released in 2018, which was itself ...
Homeland Security Today

NIST Revises SP 800-171 Guidelines for Protecting Sensitive Information

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has updated its draft guidelines for protecting sensitive unclassified information, in an effort to help federal agencies and government ...
Federal News Network

GSA’s CMMC-like rules raise concerns in industry

GSA's new guide is raising concerns about an increasing patchwork of contractor cybersecurity rules across government.