NIST is an acronym that stands for the National Institute of Standards and Technology. NIST was originally founded by the United States Congress on March 3, 1901, as a non-regulatory federal agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce. The purpose of NIST from there website is to “to promote U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards, and technology in ways that enhance economic security and improve our quality of life”. The NIST framework is beneficial for organizations of various sizes and covers topics such as encryption, data protection and regulation with data privacy laws such as HIPAA, and GDRP. The core of the framework is to identify, protect, detect, respond and recover; aid organizations in their effort to spot, manage and counter cybersecurity events. Knowledge of the NIST framework is fundamental in cybersecurity to be able to implement the NIST Cybersecurity Framework to assess and enhance the organization’s cybersecurity posture.   

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