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Release Of Cybersecurity Framework Just A Start

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, February 11th, 2014

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Release Of Cybersecurity Framework Just A Start

Industry officials don’t anticipate any surprises Wednesday when the Obama administration is expected to release the final version of a voluntary set of cyber security best practices and standards that will help guide private sector entities in bolstering their defenses against cyber attacks. Version 1.0 of the Cybersecurity Framework is just a “beginning,” Kent Landfield, director of Content Strategy, Architecture and Standards at McAfee, said. "From that point forward then industry is really going to have to take a look…

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