National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

NIST : Acronym for National Institute of Standards and Technology. The U.S. government agency that maintains Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS). NIST is responsible for administering the Baldrige Quality Award program.

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Source: Larry English,  http://www.iaidq.com/main/glossary.shtml , 03-Feb-2009 13:41

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National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) - An agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce that develops and promotes measurements, standards and technology, and manages the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.

[Category=Data Governance ]

Source: The Data Governance Institute, 17 December 2009 09:44:55, http://www.datagovernance.com/glossary-governance/

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National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) - An agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce that develops and promotes measurements, standards and technology, and manages the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.

[Category=Quality ]

Source: American Society for Quality, 05 October 2010 09:22:02, http://www.asq.org/glossary/

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NIST - National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is a non-regulatory federal agency within the U.S. Commerce Department. NIST security publications (Special Publications in the 800 series) may be used by organizations to provide a structured, yet flexible framework for selecting, specifying, employing, and evaluating the security controls in information systems.

The documents, available in both draft and published forms, offer guidelines and recommendations on subjects as varied as setting up a security awareness program to recommendation of a specific block cipher.

One of the most comprehensive guides, very helpful to companies that are developing a control framework is NIST SP 800-53, "Recommended Security Controls for Federal Information Systems". This document describes fundamental concepts and defines the process of selecting and specifying controls for information systems with different risk profiles. It also maps the controls to other frameworks and baseline documents, including ISO 17799.

NIST SP 800-66,"An Introductory Resource Guide for Implementing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule", (draft document as of March 2005) identifies NIST guidance documents that can help organizations with HIPAA security standards compliance, including FIPS publications.

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Source: RSA, 19 August 2011 08:58:55, http://www.rsa.com/glossary/