Nist Application Security Standards
The national institute of standards technology nist a non regulatory agency of the u s.
Nist application security standards. This publication explains the potential security concerns associated with the use of containers and provides recommendations for addressing these. Containers provide a portable reusable and automatable way to package and run applications. The nist sp 800 series standards are meant to assist federal agencies and contractors so that they are aware of security topics including the risk management framework and the requirements which fall under the federal information security modernization act fisma highlighted under 44 u s c. That the national institute of standards and technology released its revised mobile device security guidelines during a time of increased telework is purely coincidental but also fortuitous.
The guidelines hadn t been updated since 2013 and much has changed across the enterprise mobile device landscape in those seven years gema howell it security engineer at. Our cybersecurity frameworkconsists of standards guidelines and best practices to manage cybersecurity risks. On september 22 24 2020 the iapp will host a virtual workshop on the development of a workforce capable of managing privacy risk. Federal agencies or contractors working for them this act which is a federal law aims to improve computer and network security within the.
Of commerce is a measurement standards laboratory that develops the standards federal agencies must follow in order to comply with the federal information security management act of 2002 fisma. The national institute of standards and technology nist develops integrates and promotes standards and guidelines to meet established standards for cybersecurity privacy needs. By defining an information security framework for u s. Nist will join the iapp to lead working sessions where stakeholders can share feedback on the roles tasks knowledge and skills that are necessary to achieve the.
Ssa works to transfer new technologies to industry produce new standards and guidance for federal agencies and industry and develop tests test methodologies and assurance methods. Application container technologies also known as containers are a form of operating system virtualization combined with application software packaging. The advance of web services technologies promises to have far reaching effects on the internet and enterprise networks. Web services based on the extensible markup language xml soap and related open standards and deployed in service oriented architectures soa allow data and applications to interact without human intervention through dynamic and ad hoc connections.
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