The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued newly updated security checklists for government regarding best practices in configuring IT products. Sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the NIST Special Publication 800-70 is entitled: "National Checklist Program for IT Products - Guidelines for Checklist Users and Developers (Draft)."
After the executive summary, introduction, and overview of the checklist program, the guide covers such topics as checklist usage, checklist development, and even examples as Appendix B offers a checklist description template and Appendix C offers operational procedures.
Government Computer News (GCN) announced the new guide and described some of the goals of the National Checklist Program (NCP):
I highly recommend taking a look at this new NIST publication. These checklists can be very helpful to follow.
So tell me, does your state use NIST or other checklists to securely configure IT products?
This new Virginia ideas portal is a great step that is getting a lot of press. It certainly gets citizens interested in improving government and discussing the pros and cons of new suggestions or old ideas in new ways.
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