Ron Ross

Selecting Security and Privacy Controls: Choosing the Right Approach

October 1, 2020

Recently, NIST published a significant update to its flagship security and privacy controls catalog, Special Publication 800-53, Revision 5 . This update

The Next Generation Security and Privacy Controls—Protecting the Nation’s Critical Assets

September 23, 2020

It has been seven years since the last major update to NIST’s flagship security and privacy guidance document Special Publication (SP) 800-53, Security and

Keeping the Lights On

July 31, 2020

The only thing worse than a pandemic would be a pandemic without power. If the lights dim due to a disruption in power generation or distribution, our

Why Security and Privacy Matter in a Digital World

September 28, 2017

One cannot pick up a newspaper, watch TV, listen to the radio, or scan the news on the internet without some direct or veiled reference to the lack of

Rethinking Cybersecurity from the Inside Out

November 15, 2016

After four years of research and development, NIST has published a groundbreaking new security guideline that addresses the longstanding problem of how to

Taking Measure