by Jeff Weiss
On December 21, 2015, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) transmitted to Congress a strategy for U.S. Government engagement in international standardization for cybersecurity. Development of such a strategy was required by the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014, which tasked NIST to work with relevant federal agencies to ensure interagency coordination in “the development of international technical standards related to information system security” and to “ensure consultation with appropriate private sector stakeholders.” NIST worked with the interagency to develop the strategy and accompanying supplemental through the International Cybersecurity Standards Working Group, a body established by the National Security Council’s Cybersecurity Interagency Policy Committee and chaired by the U.S. Department of Commerce and NIST.
The report articulates four U.S. government strategic objectives for the development and use of international cybersecurity standards:
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