On October 22, 2013, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released its Preliminary Cybersecurity Framework (“Framework”), marking one of the final steps in creating the “voluntary” Framework envisioned in an Obama Administration Executive Order (EO) issued earlier this year. That EO, which was designed to strengthen the cybersecurity of the United States’ critical […]
Cybersecurity Executive Order
NIST Releases Preliminary Cybersecurity Framework
October 22, 2013, the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) posted a preliminary cybersecurity framework (the “Framework”) on its website. The complete Framework had been expected to be unveiled earlier in October, but was delayed as a result of the federal government shutdown. For background on earlier activity with respect to the Framework, please see the […]
NIST Meeting to Finalize Cybersecurity Framework
Ongoing efforts to finalize a framework for the development of voluntary cybersecurity standards for critical infrastructure industries continued in Dallas this week. NIST led a workshop with government and private sector officials to work through the details of the draft framework published on August 28th and required under Executive Order 13636. A formal proposal will be issued for […]