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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”) is seeking comments on its draft NIST SP 800-161 Rev. 1, “Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management Practices for Systems and Organizations,” published on April 29, 2021. The public comment period currently is open and concludes on June 14, 2021. NIST anticipates releasing a second draft in September 2021, with a final version anticipated to be released by April 2022.
Primarily, the updates to NIST SP 800-161 are focused on helping organizations identify, assess, and respond to cyber supply chain risks while remaining aligned with other fundamental NIST cybersecurity risk management guidance. The revision to NIST SP 800-161 is designed to incorporate next generation cyber supply chain risk management (“C-SCRM”) controls, strategies, policies, plans, and risk assessments into broader enterprise risk management activities through the application of a multi-lev
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Seeking HoNIST Opinions – NIST Invites Comments on Major Revision to Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management Practices for Systems and Organizations (SP 800-161) and Provides Further Software Supply Chain Guidance Wednesday, May 26, 2021
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”) is seeking comments on its draft NIST SP 800-161 Rev. 1, “Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management Practices for Systems and Organizations,” published on April 29, 2021. The public comment period currently is open and concludes on June 14, 2021. NIST anticipates releasing a second draft in September 2021, with a final version anticipated to be released by April 2022.
Primarily, the updates to NIST SP 800-161 are focused on helping organizations identify, assess, and respond to cyber supply chain risks while remaining aligned with other fundamental NIST cybersecurity risk management guidance. The revision to NIST SP 800-161 is designed to incorporate next generation
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On December 17, 2020, the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) Task Force (“the Task Force”) a public-private partnership whose membership includes industry representatives from the IT and Communications sectors, as well as federal government representatives released its Year Two Report (“Report”). This work takes on increased importance as the federal government and private sector grapple with software supply chain challenges in the unfolding SolarWinds incident.
The Report builds on prior Task Force efforts and summarizes the work of the five working groups to address challenges to information sharing, threat analysis, qualified bidder and manufacturer lists, vendor assurance, and impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on ICT supply chains. It identifies areas for continued Task Force work to support SCRM efforts across government and industry. As various federal efforts focused on securing the ICT supply c