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Alston & Bird Webinar: The Cybersecurity Framework: Understanding Its Structure, Content and Potential Impact

January 6, 2014 By Privacy & Data Security Team

On Tuesday, January 21, join Alston & Bird in a lively discussion on the NIST Preliminary Cybersecurity Framework. The release of the NIST Preliminary Cybersecurity Framework in October marks one of the final steps in creating the “voluntary” framework envisioned in the Obama administration’s Executive Order on Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity. While the development of the […]

Filed Under: Events, Legislation, Privacy Tagged With: National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST)

Department of Defense Publishes Safeguarding Rule Requiring Contractors to Follow NIST Security Standards, Report Cybersecurity Incidents

November 22, 2013 By Privacy & Data Security Team

On November 18, the U.S. Department of Defense (“DoD”) published a final safeguarding rule (the “UCTI Safeguarding Rule”) applicable to contractors in possession of unclassified yet nonpublic technical information (“UCTI”) that requires them to, at a minimum, satisfy the security controls specified in NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-53 in order to safeguard UCTI. Additionally, the UCTI Safeguarding […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Security, Regulation Tagged With: National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST)

NIST Releases Preliminary Cybersecurity Framework

October 29, 2013 By Privacy & Data Security Team

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 […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity Tagged With: Cybersecurity Executive Order, National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST)

NIST Meeting to Finalize Cybersecurity Framework

September 17, 2013 By Privacy & Data Security Team

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 […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity Tagged With: Cybersecurity Executive Order, National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST)

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