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NIST Announces Smart Grid Advisory Committee Meeting

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced that its Smart Grid Advisory Committee will meet July 13-14 at the NIST headquarters in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The meeting will provide an update on the NIST Smart Grid and Cyber-Physical Systems Program activities, and an opportunity to discuss the resiliency and reliability of the electric gird. Written comments may...

NIST Releases Draft Guidance on Cybersecurity Event Recovery

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”) released draft guidance that outlines practices for responding to and recovering from cyberattacks. The goal of this publication, according to NIST, is to offer “tactical and strategic guidance regarding the planning, playbook developing, testing, and improvement of recovery planning.” Public comments are being accepted...

DHS Issues Final Information Sharing Guidelines

The Department of Homeland Security has issued final guidance on the implementation of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015. The final guidance documents include: Guidance to Assist Non-Federal Entities to Share Cyber Threat Indicators and Defensive Measures with Federal Entities under the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015, Privacy and Civil Liberties Final...

NIST Releases Framework of Standards for Cyber-Physical Systems

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a preliminary version of a framework for Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS). This framework was created with the goal of establishing a foundation from which CPS can be developed, designed, and built to work seamlessly with other smart systems. The framework was developed over a two-year period by a public-private working...