NIST updating cyber guidance as agencies continue to adopt IoT
The National Institute of Standards and Technology wants to make sure agencies understand the added challenges of cybersecurity for internet of things. That’s why it’s producing a new guidance document on the subject. The draft opened for public comments on Sept. 24, and will remain open until Oct. 24.
“The real unique thing about IoT is that it’s not just sensing data, of course,” James St. Pierre, deputy director of the IT Laboratory at NIST, said at FCW’s Sept. 27 Accelerate Gov event. “It can also actuate. It can have changes in the kinetic and physical world. That brings a whole new risk profile with it.”