Simon Says – Musings of a Technology CTO

This week I want to take an opportunity to remind readers of the excellent NIST publication 800-111.

Yes, I know, another complex government sponsored report, but 800-111, for those implementing any kind of data protection project, is one of the best reports on the subject, dealing with technology, practical use of, and risk analysis. It’s really (for NIST publications anyway) a very good read.

The other reason to pay attention to 800-111, is quite simply it’s the document regulations mention when talking about “Good Practice”, “Industry Standard processes”, “Accepted Best Practice” etc. This document contains the advice that you’ll be measured against if you ever end up in court defending your Security Policy against something like Massachusetts 201 CMR 17.00. Read more…