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NIST Releases Draft Cybersecurity Framework For Election Infrastructure

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, March 30th, 2021

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NIST Releases Draft Cybersecurity Framework For Election Infrastructure

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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on Monday released a draft framework for a voluntary, risk-based approach to cyber security for the election infrastructure community. The new draft guidance, Cybersecurity Framework Election Infrastructure Profile (Draft NISTIR 8310), is targeted at election officials, developers and manufacturers of voting systems, and other stakeholders, including the public. The draft framework is derived from the original NIST Cybersecurity Framework, which was published in 2014 through a partnership between the public and private…

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