NIST issues draft on submitting cybersecurity framework 'informative references'

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued for comment a draft document on creating new “informative references” on the NIST framework of cybersecurity standards.

NIST Internal Report 8204, which is open to public comment through July 16, is meant to help organizations developing informative reference documents associated with the cybersecurity framework to understand how to best prepare these for submission to NIST.

“The draft specification provides a more robust method of defining relationships between Reference elements and...