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Requirements of NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology

The requirements set by National Institute of standards and technologies of the USA (NIST) were initially intended for state bodies.

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They formulate rules of implementation of management tools information security. Recently requirements of a NIST are accepted by also private sector. They specify what aspects should be covered by policy of IT security and what measures can help to strengthen this protection how to exercise control of this protected environment and to implement management tools risk.

According to Analysys Mason, about 25% of suppliers of cloud services adhere to requirements of a NIST.

2017: NIST Cybersecurity Framework the second edition

The National institute of Standards and Technology of the USA (NIST) published at the end of 2017 the second edition of the guide to gain of cyber security in critical infrastructure[1][2].

The first edition was published in January, 2017, the second - on December 5, 2017. According to the statement of a NIST, the second edition of version 1.1 is focused on explanation, refining and expansion of the management, facilitating its use and also contains the updated "road map" in which plans for further development of the management are in detail described.

Comments and responses on the second edition can be sent to a NIST till January 19, 2018. Initially the institute was going to publish a final version of the management of fall of the current year, however lagged behind the diagram and now the publication is planned for the beginning of 2018.

2014: NIST Cybersecurity Framework the first edition

The first version of recommendations published in 2014 was designed to help the organizations, in particular in the field of crucial infrastructure, it is better to be protected from cyberthreats. The management was developed by order of the former president USA Barack Obama. All federal agencies and operators of critical infrastructure of the USA are obliged to adhere to these recommendations.

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  1. [1] of NIST Cybersecurity Framework Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Version 1.01 Draft 2 NIST
  2. published the draft of the new version of the guide to protection against cyberthreats