Obama Administration Releases Draft Voluntary Cybersecurity Framework for U.S. Business

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released its draft of a voluntary cybersecurity framework last Tuesday that provides a means to better evaluate cyber risk, and prepare better defenses against ever-increasing online attacks. 

NIST’s “Preliminary Cybersecurity Framework”, to be finalized in February 2014 after a period for public comment, originated with Executive Order 13636 from President Barack Obama, which identified cyber threats to critical infrastructure as “one of the most serious national security challenges”. The Executive Order specified that NIST should produce a framework document. The new framework sets out specific steps and best practices for organizations of all sizes so they can better protect the country’s critical infrastructure. 

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