After Healthcare.gov Debacle, Group Pushes For Tests Of NIST Cybersecurity Framework

Scott Vernick was quoted in the Computer World article, "After Healthcare.gov Debacle, Group Pushes for Tests of NIST Cybersecurity Framework." Full text can be found in the November 15, 2013, issue, but a synopsis is noted below.

The Internet Security Alliance (ISA), a multisector trade association, wants to know what adoption of a new cybersecurity framework will entail for companies in critical infrastructure industries.

In a proposal pitched to the Department of Homeland Security and sector-specific agencies, the ISA has called for beta tests on the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) framework to identify the cost-effectiveness of adopting the controls it recommends.