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Federal Cybersecurity Legislation Signed into Law

New cybersecurity legislation provides for cybersecurity information sharing and codifies the process for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to adopt a Cybersecurity Framework. The set of cybersecurity bills were signed into law on December 18, 2014. The National Cybersecurity Protection Act of 2014 establishes within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) a...

Will NIST’s Framework be Naughty or Nice?

In early 2014, the National Institute of Standards of Technology (NIST) released its Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity (referred to by those in the know as the NIST Framework), which is intended to “enable organizations—regardless of size, degree of cybersecurity risk, or cybersecurity sophistication—to apply the principles and best practices of risk...

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