US Must Do More To Coordinate Participation on International Cyber Development, NIST-Led Group Says
The federal government should do more to coordinate federal employees’ participation in the development of international cybersecurity standards, said the National Institute of Standards and Technology-led International Cybersecurity Standards Working Group (ICSWG) in a draft report. The working group released…
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the report to comply with the 2014 Cybersecurity Enhancement Act, which in part required NIST to coordinate with other federal agencies on interagency coordination on cybersecurity standards development (see 1412120066). Improving U.S. government employees’ participation in international cybersecurity standards development will promote U.S. cybersecurity interests and promote U.S. critical infrastructure’s resiliency, said the draft report that was released Tuesday. The U.S. cybersecurity standards system relies on private sector-run standards development organizations, which stands in contrast to government-driven standards bodies in other nations, the working group said. U.S. objectives in developing international cybersecurity standards include ensuring that the federal government’s own standard and assessment tools are technically sound, along with enhancing U.S. national and economic security, ICSWG said.