NIST begins developing ‘superstructure’ for cyber profile to mitigate PNT risk

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is in the early stages of developing a cyber profile for positioning, navigation, and timing services that will find ways to address risk and how to plan for disruptions, according to an agency security researcher who offered an update during a NIST advisory panel meeting.

NIST issued a request for comment in May asking how it should approach creating a cyber profile to guide procurement and other policy decisions by federal agencies,...