NIST releases draft white paper on cybersecurity, data integrity

The National Institute of Standards and Technology on Tuesday released a new draft white paper titled "Data Integrity: Reducing the impact of an attack," highlighting practices to prepare for and recover from cyber attacks that compromise data.

According to NIST, the guide outlines technical challenges of ensuring accurate and complete backup data when recovering from a cyber attack.

The paper is a culmination of work between NIST's National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence and the Financial Services Information Sharing and...