NIST seeks to arm agencies for cyber escalation

Agencies must adapt at the speed of the hackers looking to crack into their systems

Donna Dodson, chief of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Computer Security Division, outlined important upcoming events and revisions to security-related Special Publications, along with events aimed at assisting agencies in ongoing education, planning and reporting efforts.
The SP guidance series reports are part of NIST’s ongoing FISMA Implementation Project, which develops and updates security standards to help agencies create and maintain robust information security programs and effectively manage risk. In an exclusive interview with 1105 Government Information Group Content Solutions, Dodson explained how those in the cybersecurity arena face a variant of the established Moore’s law of microchip technology (which doubles the power of integrated circuits every two years).

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