NIST, DOD, intelligence agencies join forces to secure US cyber infrastructure
Thursday, June 18, 2009 - 07:49
in Mathematics & Economics
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in partnership with the Department of Defence (DOD), the Intelligence Community (IC), and the Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS), has released the first instalment of a three-year effort to build a unified information security framework for the entire federal government. Historically, information systems at civilian agencies have operated under different security controls than military and intelligence information systems. This instalment is titled NIST Special Publication 800-53, Revision 3, Recommended Security Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organisations...