"NIST Updates and Expands Its Flagship Catalog of Information System Safeguards"

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Draft Special Publication (SP) 800-53, Security and Privacy Controls for Information Systems and Organizations, has received its first update in seven years. The publication provides a guide for developing safeguarding measures for general-purpose computers, industrial control systems, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, and other platforms, to security experts, systems developers, cloud computing providers, and more. The objective of this publication is to increase the resiliency of systems, component products, and services that support the nation's businesses, govenrment, and critical infrastructure, against cyberattacks. This article continues to discuss the purpose of the NIST Special Publication 800-53 and the improvements made to the publication. 

TechXplore reports "NIST Updates and Expands Its Flagship Catalog of Information System Safeguards"