NIST touts 'regulatory compliance' in urging early adoption of privacy framework

National Institute of Standards and Technology officials say early adoption of the agency's draft privacy framework will allow companies to demonstrate compliance with regulatory and legal requirements even before it's issued as final in the near future.

“We encourage you to adopt the preliminary framework,” said Kevin Stine, chief of NIST's Applied Cybersecurity Division, at a privacy workshop hosted by law firm Venable on Thursday. Stine said “early adopters of the framework” should “share that back with us” to allow...