NIST enters new era with online-focused update to foundational catalog for security, privacy controls

The process to update Special Publication 800-53 marks the next phase of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s efforts to convene with stakeholders through the use of its Cybersecurity and Privacy Reference Tool, which gives the agency the ability to make changes more quickly to the foundational piece of guidance as new threats develop.

NIST 800-53 is a massive catalog of security and privacy controls that is used in the development of many NIST publications. The agency put out...