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After Six Months In Play, NIST Seeks Feedback On Cybersecurity Framework

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, August 22nd, 2014

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After Six Months In Play, NIST Seeks Feedback On Cybersecurity Framework

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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on Friday posted on its website a preview version of a Request for Information (RFI) to seek public feedback on a voluntary cyber security best practices and standards framework that it released in February. NIST said the goal of the RFI, which will also be announced soon in the Federal Register, is to obtain an “understanding of organizations’ awareness of and experiences with the” Cybersecurity Framework. The agency, part of the Commerce…

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