Security News

Getting Ready for the NIST Privacy Framework
2019-11-06 17:03

By year's end, the National Institute of Standards and Technology should be ready to publish the first version of its privacy framework, a tool to help organizations identify, assess, manage and...

HITRUST CSF 9.3 adds CCPA, SCIDSA, and NIST SP 800-171 authoritative sources
2019-10-28 04:15

HITRUST, a leading data protection standards development and certification organization, announced the availability of version 9.3 of the HITRUST CSF information risk and compliance management...

NIST and Microsoft Partner to Improve Enterprise Patching Strategies
2019-10-11 15:14

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Microsoft this week announced a joint effort aimed at helping enterprises improve their patching strategies.  read more

NIST's Zero Trust Taxonomy Introduces Components, Threats and Migration Routes
2019-10-07 14:24

NIST has published a draft Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) special publication (SP.800.207). The purpose is to develop a technology-neutral lexicon of the logical components of a zero trust...

NIST to Finalize Privacy Framework Soon
2019-09-25 15:18

Agency Now Accepting Comments on Latest DraftThe National Institute of Standards and Technology expects to release its much anticipated privacy framework by year's end. It's now accepting comments...

NIST Issues Draft Guidance for Securing PACS
2019-09-17 20:33

Tips on Keeping Picture Archiving and Communications Systems SecureNew draft guidance from the National Institute of Standards and Technology aims to help healthcare organizations improve the...

Surprising Password Guidelines from NIST
2019-07-15 15:18

NIST Cyber Security FrameworkNIST guidelines often become the foundation for best practice recommendations across the security industry and are incorporated into other standards.

Inside the NIST team working to make cybersecurity more user-friendly
2019-07-11 05:45

Cybersecurity is usually not a user’s primary duty, yet they suffer an increasing burden to respond to security warnings, maintain many complex passwords, and make security decisions for which...

Sen. Wyden Asks NIST to Develop Secure File Sharing Standards
2019-06-25 14:48

Senator Says Current Methods Offer Inadequate ProtectionsU.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., is urging the National Institute of Standards and Technology to create new standards and guidelines for...

Senator Asks NIST to Propose Secure Data Sharing Methods
2019-06-20 07:39

Senator Ron Wyden has asked the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to create and publish a guide for securely sharing sensitive data over the internet. read more