NIST seeks comment on new energy-sector cybersecurity project

The National Institute of Standards and Technology's National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence is seeking comments on a newly released project on energy-sector asset management, NIST announced Tuesday.

The draft project aims to provide guidance to energy-sector companies on how to address vulnerabilities within industrial control systems that leave the sector open to “malicious” cyber attacks.

The project will lead to the creation of a NIST cybersecurity practice guide that will give solutions and suggestions to energy companies on how...