NIST relabels data security standards central to Pentagon's cyber certification program

By Rick Weber / March 9, 2020 at 10:32 AM
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has renumbered proposed revisions for criteria on protecting controlled unclassified information from advanced persistent threats, such as from Russia and China, a move linked to pushing out requirements that were stalled by a White House review and which are central to a Pentagon program for certifying contractors. "NIST 800-171B has been officially renamed to 800-172," an agency official told Inside Cybersecurity . "It will not affect the content of that publication or the...

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