Source: Interagency effort to streamline standards aligns with NIST framework

An Obama administration initiative to streamline cybersecurity standards across federal agencies is aligning with a framework developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, according to a source who has knowledge of the meetings.

The fact that the voluntary standards laid out in the NIST framework are playing a central role in the talks offers insight into the goals for the interagency effort being led by regulators, which had prompted some concerns by industry officials.

The source familiar with...