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SCADA Watch: NIST Addresses Security for Industrial Controls Systems

William Jackson writes on GCN.com:

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released an initial draft of new security guidelines for government information technology systems used for industrial control processes. The guidelines are in a revised appendix [.pdf] to NIST Special Publication 800-53, “Recommended Security Controls for Federal Information Systems.”

NIST describes the draft as an out-of-cycle update. The only change between Revision 1 and Revision 2 is the complete replacement of Appendix I, so only that appendix is being released for public review.

“This special update is required due to the urgent need to provide guidance on appropriate safeguards and countermeasures for federal industrial control systems,” NIST said in announcing the release.

posted by Fergie @ 11/19/2007 11:34:00 AM