NIST offers advice for manufacturers on using cybersecurity tools

The National Institute of Standards and Technology in a blog posted last week offers advice and tools designed to help manufacturers gain the “confidence” to apply cybersecurity protections to their systems without negatively affecting their products.

In a blog post published Friday on the NIST website, a NIST Intelligent Systems computer engineer discusses the lack of guidance on how businesses can apply IT guidelines without hurting their output.

“Standards and guidelines detailing best practices for protecting IT and OT...