News & Updates

The final release of NIST Special Publication 1308, "NIST CSF 2.0: Cybersecurity, Enterprise Risk Management, and Workforce Management QSG," is now available. Also, NIST requests public comments on SP 1347, "CSF 2.0 Informative References Quick-Start Guide." The public comment period ends 

The NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 2.0 is now available, along with many supplementary resources.

This white paper highlights a recent mapping effort between the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) standards and the NIST Cybersecurity Framework.

A new SP 800-53 controls Public Comment Site is now available for interacting with, downloading, and submitting security and privacy controls, baselines, and assessments.

Version 2 of test Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Cards now available.

A draft NIST Cybersecurity White Paper is available for comment: "Hardware-Enabled Security for Server Platforms." The public comment period is open through June 2, 2020.

A new release of the Access Control Policy Tool (ACPT) is now available for download.

Access control is the process of defining and limiting which users are allowed access to particular resources.  NIST researchers have recently published a book on Attribute-based access control (ABAC), one of the latest development in a series of access control models going back more than 40 years.