Protecting the Nation’s Most Sensitive Information and 800-171 Update - Ron Ross - CSP 131

NIST recently released the initial draft of a major update to its cybersecurity guidelines for protecting sensitive unclassified information. The update is intended to help federal agencies and government contractors implement cybersecurity requirements more consistently. The revised draft guidelines, Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in Nonfederal Systems and Organizations (NIST Special Publication [SP] 800-171 Revision 3), will be of particular interest to the many thousands of businesses that contract with the federal government. Federal rules that govern the protection of controlled …

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