The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issued today the final version of a set of cybersecurity guidelines meant to help critical industries better protect themselves. The Cybersecurity Framework came out of the executive order issued by President Barack Obama last year that in part directed NIST to come up with a set of […]

According to a recent survey of security and compliance professionals from U.S. government agencies and contractors, a dysfunctional Congress is a creating a signficant cyber threat to the nation. Sponsored jointly by Tripwire and the Government Technology Research Alliance (GTRA), the online survey evaluated the attitudes and responses of 111 security and compliance professionals from […]