Organizations of all types are increasingly subject to data theft and loss, whether the asset is customer information, intellectual property, or sensitive company files. The federal government and, thus, its private contractors have long relied upon the National Institute for Standards and Technology (within the Commerce Department) to develop standards and guidance for information protection. One of the most important of these is the fairly recent Cybersecurity Framework, which helps provide structure and context to cybersecurity. Private-sector organizations should be motivated to implement the NIST… more