NIST Official: Revised Cybersecurity Supply Chain Guidance Imminent

NIST Official: Revised Cybersecurity Supply-Chain Guidance Imminent
Source: Nextgov
Published: April 27, 2022

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is about to publish guidance for securing enterprises against supply chain hacks following the SolarWinds event and other major third-party attacks targeting critical infrastructure.  “The flagship cybersecurity supply chain risk management guidance is [Special Publication 800-161],” NIST’s Angela Smith said. “We’re going to actually be releasing the first major revision—revision one—by the end of next week, so everybody should be on the lookout for that if you’ve not already had a chance to review some of the public drafts that have come out.”