Tech group urges NIST to prioritize reciprocity, tailoring in update to controlled unclassified information series

The Information Technology Industry Council offers ways NIST can work with other agencies to smooth the path toward reciprocity on the handling of sensitive federal data held on contractor systems, as NIST starts the update process to revise key publications.

“The importance of reciprocity when developing guidance for federal contractors’ storage of critical U.S. government information cannot be overstated,” ITI said in recent comments submitted to NIST on a pre-draft call for comments to update the NIST Special Publication...