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NIST · National Institute of Standards and Technology

The US institute whose control catalogs and media-sanitization guidance underpin federal compliance regimes and end-of-life handling of fleet storage.

Current numbers

262 controls / 31 vectors / 6–12 monthsRAND's proposed SL3 catalog: controls adapted from NIST SP 800-53, targeted attack vectors, phasing periodas of 2026-08-25 · register ↗
2028/2029SL5 Task Force target for nation-state-resistant infrastructure; release 0.1.2 (June 2026): 60 controls in 12 families (NIST SP 800-53 overlay)as of 2026-06-23 · register ↗
SP 800-61r3NIST IR guidance restructured onto CSF 2.0 (Govern, Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, Recover); first revision since 2012as of 2025-04 · register ↗

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