NIST provides security guide for managers

I guess thats the 95% of the worlds population then (non US 
citizens). NIST docs while OK are so US Gov centric in their

language that they are of only a passing interest to the
majority 
of the world IMHO. 

On Tue, 14 Nov 2006 14:55:55 +0100 ljknews <ljknewsmac.com> wrote:
>At 7:46 AM -0600 11/14/06, Smith, Michael J. wrote:
>> I've read it in the draft form, it's a condensing
of all the 
>other NIST
>> governance special publications to date--not much
that is new if 

>you've
>> been "following along all these years".
=)
>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: listbouncesecurityfocus.com 
>>> [mailto:listbouncesecurityfocus.com] On
Behalf Of Mark Curphey
>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 8:35 AM
>>> To: psrcsecurityfocus.com
>>> Subject: FW: [ISN] NIST provides security guide
for managers 
>>> 
>>> An interesting news item.....
>
>>> NIST developed the handbook to help managers
address the 
>>> requirements of various security policies and
laws, such as 
>>> the Clinger-Cohen Act of
>>> 1996 and the Federal Information Security
Management Act. 
>>> NIST intends the guidelines to be generic,
something agencies 
>>> can tailor to their specific technical and
business 
>requirements.
>
>Thus it seems the audience is those who have not been
following 
>things
>"all these years".
>-- 
>Larry Kilgallen



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