How NIST Framework Fosters Collaboration

Gov Info Security:  One of the core values of the cybersecurity framework, published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology two years ago, is to facilitate communication among various stakeholders coming from different technical and managerial backgrounds who must collaborate to build secure IT systems, says Matt Barrett, the NIST official that oversees the guidance.

The goal, he says in an interview with Information Security Media Group, is to "drive a heartier dialogue ... where we truly understand what each other is saying with regards to cybersecurity" by referring to an easy-to-understand framework.

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