NIST 800-171B: New Draft Publication Reveals 33 Enhanced Security Requirements

Reading Time: 4 minutes In July, NIST released draft versions of two new publications: NIST SP 800-171 Revision 2: Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in Non-federal Systems and Organizations and NIST SP 800-171B: Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in Non-federal Systems and Organizations: Enhanced Security… Read More

The NIST CSF Framework – What Does It Mean For Healthcare?

Reading Time: 3 minutes NIST, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, is a non-regulatory federal agency of the U.S. Commerce Department. Established in 1901, NIST was designed to promote innovation and competitiveness by advancing standards. And in February 2013, the United States… Read More

CUI (NIST 800-171) is getting some teeth!

Reading Time: 2 minutes On December 17th 2018 a memorandum from the Assistant Secretary of Defense was released entitled “Strengthening Contract Requirements Language for Cybersecurity in the Defense Industrial Base” that reminds acquisition personnel that it “is critical that efforts to identify, track,… Read More