U.S. regulation

National Institute of Standards and Technology

U.S. Department of Commerce agency that publishes the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, FIPS standards, and the SP 800 series — the canonical reference set for federal information security and a de-facto global benchmark.

Short name: NIST
Scope: U.S. regulation
Homepage: nist.gov
Standards governed: 1

Standards governed by NIST

NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 2.0 United States Security Voluntary, US-government-blessed taxonomy for cybersecurity programs. The 2.0 revision (Feb 2024) added a 'Govern' function alongside the original Identify / Protect / Detect / Respond / Recover.