Public-Private Efforts Lead to NIST Cybersecurity Framework Update

The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Cybersecurity Framework v1.1 is “a significant advance that truly reflects the success of the public-private model for addressing cybersecurity challenges,” said Director Walter Copan Tuesday, announcing the version’s release. It has updates for authentication and identity; self-assessing cybersecurity risk; managing cybersecurity within the supply chain; and vulnerability disclosure, said the agency.