NIST established the crucial set of guidelines known as FIPS 140-2 to safeguard sensitive data, particularly for governmental organizations. It is to provide security and privacy when encrypting and decrypting data. The primary distinction between FIPS 140-2 validation and compliance is that. In contrast, validation involves determining if a system or product has been developed to comply with the standard’s requirements; compliance is putting those requirements into practice.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a robust framework known as the NIST 800-171 guidelines for “Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in Nonfederal Systems and Organizations,” recently updated on May 10, 2023 which serves as a cornerstone for enhancing system security and ensuring compliance.

In today’s ever-evolving digital landscape, organizations operating in regulated industries face the challenge of meeting stringent regulatory requirements to ensure the security and privacy of their systems and data. NIST compliance, guided by key NIST publications, plays a vital role in helping organizations navigate these complex regulatory landscapes effectively.

This NIST CSF questionnaire template will help you understand the degree of each vendor’s alignment with the high-level function of the NIST CSF framework - Identity, Protect, Detect, Respond, and Recover. Though this assessment only offers a superficial understanding of compliance, it’s sufficient for getting a sense of a prospective vendor’s security posture, especially when coupled with an external attack surface scanning solution.

In today's increasingly mobile-driven world, securing our digital assets and protecting sensitive information is of paramount importance. To address this need, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently released the latest version of their publication, NIST 800-124 Rev. 2: Guidelines for Managing the Security of Mobile Devices in the Enterprise.

In 2014 and with extensive community involvement NIST Cybersecurity Framework was created for private sector organizations in the United States. It is also aligned with other NIST standards and guidelines, such as NIST 800-53 and FedRAMP. NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF or Framework) is intended to be a living document that is refined and improved over time and was updated in 2018 and called CSF 1.1. We will be discussing NIST CSF 2.0.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) is undergoing a major update. The NIST CSF is one of the most widely used frameworks to help organizations understand and manage their cybersecurity risks. The NIST CSF was released as version 1.0 in 2014, updated to version 1.1 in 2018, and will be updated to version 2.0 early next year. NIST recently released a draft of CSF version 2.0.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is on a mission to maintain measurement standards, technology advancements, and industrial competitiveness in the United States. This article provides guidance and a set of working assumptions that help guide and inform the control selection process. It also provides guidance on the development of overlays to facilitate control baseline customization for specific communities of interest, technologies, and environments of operations.