NIST readies foundational data security guidelines for another comment period

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is preparing to issue another round of draft revisions to foundational data security and privacy guidelines for public comment, a milestone for a document that has major implications for federal efforts, including at the Pentagon, to secure crucial systems and data from foreign adversaries such as China, Russian and Iran.

NIST Applied Cybersecurity Division Chief Kevin Stine said a draft update to Special Publication 800-53 will be issued for “another comment period very...