The National Institute of Standards and Technology is seeking external feedback to shape its planned revision of Special Publication 800-60, which focuses on information type categorization and mapping. NIST announced Wednesday that
MoreThe Department of Defense has started soliciting comments on a proposed rule that seeks to establish requirements to ensure that defense contractors and subcontractors implement DOD’s cybersecurity protection requirements for federal contract
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology is seeking public feedback on its draft update of a special publication on protecting controlled unclassified information, or CUI. NIST on Thursday published its proposed
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology made changes to its Special Publication 800-171 draft guidance, which sets rules and principles on the cybersecurity of controlled unclassified information in the hands of
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology is updating its guidance on protecting the confidentiality of controlled unclassified information to include insights gathered from industry. NIST said Wednesday it is considering several
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The Government Accountability Office assessed the Department of Defense’s approximately 2,900 controlled unclassified information systems and found that as of January, DOD has reported the implementation of over 70 percent of four
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The Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA) has issued a new report that outlines the areas of concern when it comes to implementing the Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and lists eight recommendations
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a draft document outlining procedures that federal agencies and nonfederal organizations can use to assess enhanced security requirements for controlled unclassified information
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The Pentagon has announced plans to develop a top cybersecurity position, National Cyber director, within the White House under an amendment to the House version of the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act
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Katie Arrington, 2020 Wash100 Award recipient and the chief information security officer for the Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition, stated that training of third party assessors for the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification
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