NIST extends comment period for CUI publication to January, allowing time for more input after government shutdown

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is giving stakeholders an additional two months to provide comments on a draft publication focused on controlled unclassified information, in an announcement released on the first day of the agency’s full operations since the government shutdown.

NIST Special Publication 800-172 addresses advanced persistent threats with enhanced security requirements for protecting CUI on nonfederal systems. The second draft of NIST 800-172 Rev. 3 was published on Sept. 29 for public comment, with a...