NIST releases DRAFT SP800-53R5

Recently NIST finally releases the DRAFT of SP800-53R5.  800-53 is entitled Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations and is the set of controls used in FISMA, the mandated set of infosec controls used in federal systems (tho many others use it as well, often times state and local governments, as well as government contractors).

This has been in the works for awhile now, and many expected this draft to come out several months ago.  The due date for comments is September 17, 2017.  They want to put out the final draft (second draft) in October, with the final version by the end of the year.

They note several changes.  They have incorporated privacy controls into this.  They have separated out the control selection process from the controls.  The Risk Management Framework is that control selection process.  By doing this, it more easily allows others to use the controls as is.  With the NIST CSF referencing the controls in SP800-53, it makes it easier for those using the CSF to use these controls.  This is actually called out that SP800-53 can be used with the RMF, CSF, and Systems Engineering Processes.

One big change was the striking out "federal" from the title within the document, again as part of making the controls more accessible to non-federal users.

Sad news- Intel drops Edison, Galileo, Joule, Curie

I had previously posted about some of Intel's efforts to get involved in the IoT and Maker communities with their own products such as the Edison, Galileo, Curie, and more.

At the recent DefCon conference I was chatting with the guy behind HackerBoxes and was sad to learn that Intel has recently dropped some of their efforts.  I took a look and found info that they are dropping production of the Edison, Galileo, Curie, and Joule products by the end of 2017 or mid 2018.

This is a bit disappointing.  I thought some of these had a lot of potential, and I think that if they haven't been as successful as they could have been that maybe Intel didn't do all they could to make these products successful.  I know Sparkfun had put out several items in support of the Edison.  I had hoped to see more published information on these items and there was a planned work on the Edison and Galileo that never came out.

As far as I can tell they are still supporting the Euclid product, but that's just not the same.

Does this end Intel's foray into this realm?  Hopefully not.

News on NIST CSF v1.1

I've previously posted on the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (NIST CSF) and the recent work to update it to v1.1.  I had attended the recent workshop held at NIST headquarters following the released of the Draft v1.1 and comments.  And I've been awaiting their report on the Workshop and a better idea as to what are the next steps.

Well, just before "Hacker Summer Camp" they released their summary and I missed it.  You can read it HERE.

New stuff coming soon

Been awhile since I've posted anything.  I was recently out in Las Vegas for what some call "hacker summer camp": BlackHat, BSides Las Vegas, and DefCon.  I had never been out there and had heard about it from several of my friends and associates who go out there almost annually.  For various reasons I haven't been able to, but made the point to get out there this summer.

I learned some interesting things, saw some interesting presentations.  So over the next week or so will have several postings on these items.