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NIST Continues Workshops To Fashion Framework For Cyber Standards

Defense Daily Staff

Thursday, May 30th, 2013

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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) yesterday continued its work coordinating the development of a framework that brings together existing standards and best practices that can be voluntarily applied by owners and operators of the nation’s critical infrastructures to protect their computer networks from cyber threats. One of the purposes of the discussions this week among NIST officials and government and industry stakeholders in the Cybersecurity Framework is to “leave here with a set of key principles for…

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