Title :
The Case for Flexible NIST Security Standards
Author :
Keblawi, Feisal ; Sullivan, Dick
Author_Institution :
North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh
fDate :
6/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A public dialogue on the role and reach of National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as a rule maker and as a standards writer for federal cybersecurity is essential to understanding the limits of security rule making in the present federal environment. NIST should delay converting its guidelines into rules until advances in the technology permit such conversion.
Keywords :
government data processing; information systems; security of data; software standards; National Institute of Standards and Technology; federal cybersecurity; flexible NIST security standards; information system security; Business; Computer security; Control systems; Guidelines; Information security; Management information systems; NIST; National security; Standards organizations; Standards publication; cybersecurity; security and privacy; standards;
DOI :
10.1109/MC.2007.223
