Editor’s Note: Federal agencies are required by statute to use voluntary consensus standards in lieu of government-unique standards whenever possible. See, An Updated Look at the Federal Policies Governing How Agencies Use Voluntary Consensus Standards in Regulatory, Procurement, and Science Documents.
From: Inside Cybersecurity
The United States Telecom Association is urging the National Institute of Standards and Technology to initiate a new industry-led collaboration that would develop a “broad consensus” around how to measure the effectiveness of the federal framework of cybersecurity standards.
The process would mirror the 2013-2014 government-industry collaboration that led to “version 1.0” of the framework, which attracted extensive participation from major trade associations representing the critical infrastructure sectors and others.
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