NIST delays cyber standards for Pentagon contractors pending OMB review

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has delayed the release of cybersecurity standards used by Defense Department contractors, pending the review by the White House's Office of Management and Budget of related standards for protecting the privacy and security of all government data.

NIST Special Publication 800-171, Revision 2, “Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in Nonfederal Systems and Organizations,” is on hold “until review cycle completion of SP 800-53 by Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory...