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Draft of NIST Cybersecurity Document Open for Public Comment

Via Government Technology.

Widely recognized as the engine that drives the U.S. economy, information technology enables the vast majority of organizations to carry out their missions and business operations more efficiently and effectively. Along with their power and usefulness, however, information systems face serious man-made and natural threats that can adversely affect their associated organization's mission, operations, image and reputation.

In order to provide guidelines for addressing these potential threats, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a draft of Special Publication 800-39, Managing Risk from Information Systems: An Organizational Perspective, for public comment.

posted by Fergie @ 10/26/2007 05:34:00 PM