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NIST Releases "Trustworthy Email" Special Publication

The Trustworthy Email (Draft NIST Special Publication 800-177 Revision 1)report was written for email administrators and for those developing security policies for an enterprise email infrastructure. A public comment period is open until Jan. 31, 2018 on a newly included security recommendation dealing with mail confidentiality. This document also includes more text on new email security protocols currently undergoing specification and finalization as Internet Engineering Task Force Draft Standards.

Released December 15, 2017, Updated December 22, 2017