NIST creates ‘community of interest’ on data integrity

The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence on Thursday established a new “community of interest” for data integrity, part of a Data Integrity Project aimed at assuring data is not altered or destroyed by malware, ransomware, insider activity, and other risks.

“Constant threats of destructive malware, ransomware, malicious insider activity, and even honest mistakes create an imperative for organizations to be able to recover from an event that alters or destroys data,” NCCoE warns in...