Former NIST cyber framework manager views privacy work as complementary, discusses IoT risks

Former senior NIST official Matthew Barrett says the agency's work on developing a privacy framework will encourage broader industry use of the framework of cybersecurity standards, while the emerging Internet of Things could be a first major challenge for the landmark cyber framework issued five years ago.

“Some entities seek to combine their cybersecurity and privacy risk management, and some do not, “ Barrett, manager of NIST's cybersecurity framework until last month, said in an interview with Inside Cybersecurity. “So...