The Pentagon is providing instructions to contracting officials on tailoring the latest version of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's foundational publication on controlled unclassified information, in a recent memorandum on organization-defined parameters critical to the next iteration of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program. NIST introduced major updates to NIST Special Publication 800-171 in May 2024 with the release of revision three. Updates included introducing ODPs in some of the security requirements and adding new tailoring categories for...