Concern, Protection Shifts to Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity
While attention was on potential physical attacks on utilities and other critical infrastructure sites, a growing number of troubling incidents involving computer networks and attackers acting alone and through friendly and not-so-friendly nations has shifted attention to cybersecurity issues.
So, as part of its efforts to develop a voluntary framework to improve cybersecurity in the nation's critical infrastructure, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in early July posted a draft outline of the framework document while inviting public review and comments.