A small agency’s framework of cyber standards has big role in cyber fight

From: Washington Examiner

Regulatory mandates to use the framework remain rare in the private sector, and Trump’s order strictly requires use within the federal government bureaucracy. But a former high-ranking Pentagon official testified on the Hill just last week that Congress should require its use by operators of critical infrastructure.

by Charlie Mitchell

A small federal agency in Gaithersburg, Md., has updated the seminal document underpinning how the government and industry should collaborate on cybersecurity — a key piece of President Trump’s strategy for securing federal networks.

This first-time revision to the 2014 framework of cybersecurity standards, a guide to cybersecurity risk management and for organizing cyber planning and strategy, was released on April 16. The National Institute of Standards and Technology has been making the rounds to familiarize industry and government audiences with the changes to the well-regarded document.

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