September 2017

Comment Deadline Approaching for NIST Information Security Framework

The public comment period, which began on August 15th, for The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) draft, Revision 5, of Special Publication 800-53 “Security and Privacy Controls for Information Systems,” ends on Tuesday, September 12. The newest draft of SP 800-53 is part of a continuing drive to create a “unified information security framework for the federal government.” Though specifically geared towards creating a framework for the government, the draft also has useful and practical implications for organizations across all sectors. In order to deemphasize a focus on specifically the federal government, this revision removes the word “federal” from the draft. …

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