NIST calls for full-time cyber operations by defense contractors to counter advanced threats

By Rick Weber / June 20, 2019 at 10:00 AM
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued draft cybersecurity guidelines for defense contractors that call for full-time security operation centers to counter advanced threats, among other recommendations for such sophisticated activities as threat-hunt capabilities and automated analytics. The draft guidelines were issued as a supplement to proposed revisions for NIST Special Publication 800-171, in response to a request from the Defense Department for tougher contractor requirements in the face of increasingly sophisticated cyber threats, according to NIST. The...

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