If you’ve ever tried to set up a home entertainment system by poring over a thick manual, you might appreciate the manufacturer also providing you with a quick-start guide so you can get your party going in short order. Information security experts at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have created what is essentially a quick-start guide to their flagship risk management tool, to help organizations reduce their security and privacy risks more easily. Their creation, whose full title is Control Baselines for Information Systems and Organizations (NIST Special Publication
NIST Offers ‘Quick-Start’ Guide for Its Security and Privacy Safeguards Catalog